Benchmark: axios vs node-fetch

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/axios/dist/axios.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/node-fetch@3.1.0/src/index.min.js"></script>

Tests:

node-fetch
fetch('https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis') .then(response => response.json()) .then(console.log)
axios
axios.get('https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis') .then((response) => response.json()) .then(console.log);

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
node-fetch
axios

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 3 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/143.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 143 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
node-fetch	14616.2 Ops/sec
axios	11015.2 Ops/sec

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):

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**Overview**

The provided JSON represents a JavaScript microbenchmark test case, where two popular HTTP client libraries, `node-fetch` and `axios`, are compared for their performance.

**What is tested**

In this benchmark, the execution time of each library is measured when making an API request to retrieve information about Google's APIs. The test cases execute both libraries' methods (`fetch()` and `get()`) with the same URL.

**Options compared**

The two options being compared are:

1. **node-fetch**: A lightweight HTTP client library for Node.js that provides a simple and easy-to-use API for making HTTP requests.
2. **axios**: A popular HTTP client library for JavaScript that provides a more comprehensive set of features, including support for JSON data, caching, and more.

**Pros and Cons**

Here are some pros and cons of each approach:

* **node-fetch**:
	+ Pros: Lightweight, easy to use, fast execution.
	+ Cons: Limited feature set compared to axios.
* **axios**:
	+ Pros: Feature-rich, supports JSON data, caching, and more.
	+ Cons: Heavier, slower execution compared to node-fetch.

**Library descriptions**

1. **node-fetch**: A small, simple library that provides a basic HTTP client API for Node.js. It's designed to be lightweight and easy to use, making it a great choice for most development tasks.
2. **axios**: A popular, feature-rich library that provides a more comprehensive set of features for working with HTTP requests in JavaScript. It supports JSON data, caching, and more.

**Special JS features or syntax**

In this benchmark, no special JavaScript features or syntax are used beyond the standard `fetch()` and `get()` methods provided by the libraries. However, axios also supports other features like promises, callbacks, and async/await.

**Other alternatives**

If you're considering alternative HTTP client libraries for Node.js or JavaScript, some popular options include:

* **Request**: A lightweight library that provides a simple API for making HTTP requests.
* **Got**: A caching HTTP client library for Node.js that provides fast execution times.
* **Superagent**: A versatile library that provides a rich set of features for working with HTTP requests in JavaScript.

Overall, the choice between node-fetch and axios depends on your specific needs and requirements. If you need a lightweight, easy-to-use library for basic HTTP requests, node-fetch might be the better choice. However, if you need a feature-rich library with support for JSON data, caching, and more, axios is likely a better fit.

Related benchmarks:

axios vs node-fetch (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: node-fetch vs axios

Created: 4 years ago by: Guest

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node-fetch

axios

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):