Simplifying Data Fetching with Axios

Working with the Fetch API can quickly become repetitive. Every time we make a request, we have to handle conversions (res.json()), check for response status, set headers, and write verbose try/catch blocks. These tasks clutter our components and make data fetching error-prone.

React doesn’t prescribe a specific HTTP library, but Axios has become a preferred choice for clean, consistent, and declarative data fetching. It automatically parses JSON responses, handles non-200 errors gracefully, and supports easy configuration for common options like timeouts or headers.

Axios simplifies the fetch cycle

The Fetch API gives us full control but little ...