Third-Party Libraries in React
Explore how to use third-party libraries in React by replacing the native fetch API with axios. Understand axios installation, usage, and advantages for handling API requests, especially in older browsers and testing environments.
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We have learned about the native fetch API to complete requests to the Hacker News API, which the browser provides. Not all browsers support this, however, especially the older ones. Also, once you start testing your application in a headless browser environment, issues can arise with the fetch API. There are a couple of ways to make fetch work in older browsers (polyfills) and in ...