For pretty much everything I'm working on now, I cut off with fetch and async function support (around April 2017 and newer browsers). In node, I use node-fetch or setup a global if I'm sharing code libraries.
While fetch isn't perfect, usually create an api wrapper around it. It's standard, cleaner than alternatives and built into the browsers (smaller bundles).
For pretty much everything I'm working on now, I cut off with fetch and async function support (around April 2017 and newer browsers). In node, I use node-fetch or setup a global if I'm sharing code libraries.
While fetch isn't perfect, usually create an api wrapper around it. It's standard, cleaner than alternatives and built into the browsers (smaller bundles).
That's exactly why @mikeal the creator of request deprecated the project