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Making GET And POST Request Using AXIOS In React.js

#react #javascript #webdev #node

Hi, I'm Aya Bouchiha, today, we'll cover sending POST and GET requests in react.js using axios.

Axios

axios: is a popular Javascript library used for making HTTP requests to an API.

Why axios instead of fetch?

I recommend reading this article by Faraz Kelhini :

Axios installation

cdn 

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/axios/dist/axios.min.js"></script>
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Or:

<script src="https://unpkg.com/axios/dist/axios.min.js"></script>
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npm 

npm i axios
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yarn 

yarn add axios
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bower 

bower install axios
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GET request using axios

GET: is a request used for getting or retrieving data or information from a specified server.

Code using then and catch 

import { useEffect } from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';
const App = () => {
    useEffect(() => {
        const getTodo = () => {
            axios
                .get('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1')
                .then((response) => {
                    console.log(response.status);
                    console.log(response.data);
                })
                .catch((e) => console.log('something went wrong :(', e));
        };
        getTodo();
    }, []);
    return <div>GET REQUEST</div>;
};
export default App;
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Console 

200
{userId: 1, id: 1, title: "delectus aut autem", completed: false}
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Code using async and await 

import { useEffect } from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';
const App = () => {
    useEffect(() => {
        const getTodo = async () => {
            try {
                const response = await axios.get(
                    'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1',
                );
                console.log(response.status);
                console.log(response.data);
            } catch (e) {
                console.log('something went wrong :( ', e);
            }
        };
        getTodo();
    }, []);
    return <div>GET REQUEST</div>;
};
export default App;
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Console 

200
{userId: 1, id: 1, title: "delectus aut autem", completed: false}
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POST request using axios

POST: is a request that is used for sending information or data to a specific server.

axios.post(url, data, config)

Code using then and catch 

import { useEffect } from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';
const App = () => {
    useEffect(() => {
        const postTodo = () => {
            const data = {
                title: 'drink water',
                body: 'I should drink water',
                userId: 3,
            };
            const headers = { 'header-name': 'value' };
            const config = { headers, };
            axios
                .post(
                    'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts',
                    data,
                    config,
                )
                .then((response) => {
                    console.log(response.status);
                    console.log(response.data);
                })
                .catch((e) => console.log('something went wrong :(', e));
        };
        postTodo();
    }, []);
    return <div>POST REQUEST</div>;
};
export default App;
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console 

201
{title: "drink water", body: "I should drink water", userId: 3, id: 101}
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Code using async and await 

import { useEffect } from "react";
import axios from "axios";
const App = () => {
  useEffect(() => {
    const postTodo = async () => {
      const data = {
        title: "drink water",
        body: "I should drink water",
        userId: 3
      };
      const headers = { "header-name": "value" };
      const config = { headers, };
      try {
        const response = await axios.post(
          "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts",
          data,
          config
        );
        console.log(response.status);
        console.log(response.data);
      } catch (e) {
        console.log("something went wrong!",e);
      }
    };
    postTodo();
  }, []);
  return <div>POST REQUEST</div>;
};
export default App;
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console 

201
{title: "drink water", body: "I should drink water", userId: 3, id: 101}
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Top comments (3)

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Marc Ziel •

You're using react in your examples so they won't work without it installed and configured. Is react really needed in a post that should talk specifically about axios?

Why do you wrap axios code inside a function instead of using it directly?

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John Mazanis •

I used Axios in a VueJS project. It was very good choise for making GET And POST Request too.

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Aya Bouchiha •

Axios is so useful when it comes to sending requests to a server.

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