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HTTP Requests

The native fetch API is available in every runtime environment, so you can hit any HTTP API without installing a client.

Sending a GET request​

const response = await fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1')
await response.json()

GET request

Sending a POST request with JSON​

const response = await fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    title: 'Hello',
    body: 'From RunJS',
    userId: 1,
  }),
})

await response.json()

Sending headers and auth tokens​

Pull tokens from environment variables so they aren't hard-coded:

const response = await fetch('https://api.example.com/me', {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.API_TOKEN}`,
  },
})

await response.json()