isomorphic-fetch VS superagent

Compare isomorphic-fetch vs superagent and see what are their differences.

isomorphic-fetch

Isomorphic WHATWG Fetch API, for Node & Browserify (by matthew-andrews)

superagent

Ajax for Node.js and browsers (JS HTTP client). Maintained for @forwardemail, @ladjs, @spamscanner, @breejs, @cabinjs, and @lassjs. (by ladjs)
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isomorphic-fetch superagent
9 16
6,961 16,535
- 0.1%
0.0 4.7
about 1 year ago 28 days ago
JavaScript JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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isomorphic-fetch

Posts with mentions or reviews of isomorphic-fetch. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-17.
  • Storyblok/Svelte v3.0.0. is here 🎉
    3 projects | dev.to | 17 Apr 2023
    This new version uses the latest version of our js-client - which means we are finally removing Axios in favor of native Fetch API (polyfillable via isomorphic-fetch).
  • Use fetch instead of ajax with redux-observable
    2 projects | /r/codehunter | 8 Apr 2023
    In redux-observable is it possible to use isomporphic-fetch instead of Rx.DOM.ajax?
  • Storyblok Nuxt 3 news 🗞
    2 projects | dev.to | 24 Feb 2023
    The SDK now uses the Fetch API under the hood. If your environment doesn't support it, install a polyfill like isomorphic-fetch. More information can be found on the storyblok-js-client README.
  • Storyblok Gatsby SDK is free from axios✨
    3 projects | dev.to | 23 Jan 2023
    You don't need to install extra isomorphic-fetch into your Storyblok & Gatsby applications.
  • Stop polyfilling fetch in your npm package
    10 projects | dev.to | 10 Jan 2023
    You can get around some of the above issues using a library called isomorphic-fetch, but not all of them. It also hasn’t been updated since 2015, and is locked on v2.x of node-fetch (whereas v3 has been out for some time now)
  • fetch patch request is not allowed
    2 projects | /r/codehunter | 13 May 2022
    I have been happily using isomorphic-fetch till I needed to send PATCH method to the server.
  • React server-side fetch (asynchronous rendering)
    1 project | /r/codehunter | 7 May 2022
    import React from 'react';export default class RemoteText extends React.PureComponent { constructor(props) { super(props); this.state = {text: null}; fetch(props.src).then(res => res.text()).then(text => { this.setState({text}); }) } render() { if(this.state.text) { return {this.state.text}; } return null; }} Even if I use isomorphic-fetch, I get this warning:
  • What is the difference between isomorphic-fetch and fetch?
    2 projects | /r/codehunter | 29 Apr 2022
  • Centralized/modularized Axios implementation?
    1 project | /r/reactjs | 3 Jan 2022
    Not to play devil's advocate or anything, but in all fairness, fetch can use an AbortController to be cancellable. Also, it/they can easily be supported in older browsers through a polyfill, which is substantially lighter on bundle size than Axios, esp for newer browsers where the polyfills adds no new code. Short digression: I love isomorphic-fetch because it polyfills fetch in both old browsers and NodeJS, meaning I only need to remember one simple API (fetch) for network calls regardless of the environment. I'd much rather have to learn only one stable, native API than add on additional third party APIs that can change over time or require additional plugins to make it work (e.g. moxios).

superagent

Posts with mentions or reviews of superagent. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-20.
  • 5 Ways to Make HTTP Requests in Node.js
    3 projects | dev.to | 20 Feb 2024
    SuperAgent is a lightweight and flexible HTTP client that supports promises and callback-style syntax. It is known for its simplicity and ease of use.
  • Stop polyfilling fetch in your npm package
    10 projects | dev.to | 10 Jan 2023
    You’re putting together an npm library that involves fetching data. There are many popular packages that can help you (axios, superagent, etc.) but in the spirit of not shipping bulky/redundant JS code to the browser, and the progress which browsers and JavaScript has made over the years, you try to use the platform whenever possible.
  • How to Handle Async Code in JavaScript
    2 projects | dev.to | 23 Nov 2022
    You are using Superagent and RSS parser to get the task done. Superagent and RSS parser both support callback and the Promises API (coming up next). If this code was written for the backend with Node.js, we wouldn't need the CORS proxy. It is needed for the frontend.
  • Asynchronous api calls with redux-saga
    2 projects | /r/codehunter | 23 Mar 2022
    There is a part Api.fetchUser that is not explained, thus I don't quiet understand if that is something we need to handle with libraries like axios or superagent? or is that something else. And are saga effects like call, put etc.. equivalents of get, post? if so, why are they named that way? Essentially I am trying to figure out a correct way to perform a simple post call to my api at url example.com/sessions and pass it data like { email: 'email', password: 'password' }
  • How to Make a Wordle Solver with Twilio Serverless, Studio, and SMS
    4 projects | dev.to | 23 Feb 2022
    Create your new project and install our lone requirement [superagent](https://www.npmjs.com/package/superagent), an HTTP client library to make HTTP requests in Node.js, by running:
  • ES6 - A beginners guide - Promises and Fetch
    2 projects | dev.to | 15 Dec 2021
    SuperAgent (https://github.com/visionmedia/superagent)
  • API Testing Tools in JavaScript
    2 projects | /r/softwaretesting | 2 Nov 2021
    Superagent is a great tool for testing API’s, you could use something like Postman, but combined with Jest you can accomplish a lot.
  • URL Shortener with Rust, Svelte, & AWS (5/): Frontend
    4 projects | dev.to | 29 Sep 2021
    We will be using SuperAgent for making API requests, so let's add it to our dependency list. yarn add superagent Next, we will create a routes/__layout.svelte file, which will wrap around any of the routes in the directory.
  • Simple Web Crawler Service
    5 projects | dev.to | 18 Sep 2021
    Route tests are tests that actually call endpoints in the apis and tests for the happy path and sad paths. Supertest is the package for write route test. Supertest is built on superagent, which is an HTTP request library. So your Express app is actually called like if a user was making a request
  • Node.js Packages and Resources
    106 projects | dev.to | 6 Sep 2021
    superagent - HTTP request library.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing isomorphic-fetch and superagent you can also consider the following projects:

axios - Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js

node-fetch - A light-weight module that brings the Fetch API to Node.js

supertest - 🕷 Super-agent driven library for testing node.js HTTP servers using a fluent API. Maintained for @forwardemail, @ladjs, @spamscanner, @breejs, @cabinjs, and @lassjs.

http-proxy - A full-featured http proxy for node.js

Nock - HTTP server mocking and expectations library for Node.js

request - 🏊🏾 Simplified HTTP request client.

got - 🌐 Human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js

undici - An HTTP/1.1 client, written from scratch for Node.js