tape VS axios

Compare tape vs axios and see what are their differences.

tape

tap-producing test harness for node and browsers (by tape-testing)

axios

Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js (by axios)
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5,755 103,912
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8.6 8.5
29 days ago 7 days ago
JavaScript JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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tape

Posts with mentions or reviews of tape. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-07.
  • Having deps is a good thing, and disk space is infinite and free
    1 project | /r/programmingcirclejerk | 18 May 2023
  • Express API Testing
    14 projects | /r/node | 7 Mar 2023
    Last but not least important are ava, uvu and tape; they are a really light and fast test runners.
  • Unit testing: What to use, and how?
    5 projects | /r/node | 13 Feb 2023
    A more minimalist approach is this tape module and the TAP protocol. https://www.npmjs.com/package/tape
  • Straight talk: Salary discussion thread
    2 projects | /r/Thailand | 18 Dec 2022
    OK will do. Do you have any tips on finding a suitable project? Ideally I was hoping to to contribute to a piece of software that I actually use/know/like/want to improve. Given that, and my area of expertise, I had shortlisted Signal Desktop, and Tape.
  • Find component by display name when the component is stateless functional, with Enzyme
    1 project | /r/codehunter | 2 Apr 2022
    Reactjs I have the following components: // Hello.jsexport default (React) => ({name}) => { return ( Hello {name ? name : 'Stranger'}! )}// App.jsimport createHello from './Hello'export default (React) => () => { const Hello = createHello(React) const helloProps = { name: 'Jane' } return ( )}// index.jsimport React from 'react'import { render } from 'react-dom'import createApp from './App'const App = createApp(React)render( , document.getElementById('app')) And I want to set up a test to see if the App component contains one Hello component. I tried the following, using Tape and Enzyme: import createApp from './App'import React from 'react'import test from 'tape'import { shallow } from 'enzyme'test('App component test', (assert) => { const App = createApp(React) const wrapper = shallow() assert.equal(wrapper.find('Hello').length === 1, true)}) But the result was that the length property of the find result was equal to 0, when I was expecting it to be equal to 1. So, how do I find my Hello component? Answer link : https://codehunter.cc/a/reactjs/find-component-by-display-name-when-the-component-is-stateless-functional-with-enzyme
  • Nobody at Facebook has worked on Jest for years
    3 projects | /r/javascript | 2 Feb 2022
  • Tools for testing Functional Web Apps
    3 projects | dev.to | 20 Dec 2021
    For us at Begin and Architect, tape has been in use for several years. tape has a stable and straightforward API, routine maintenance updates, and outputs TAP, making it really versatile. While TAP is legible, it's not the most human-readable format. Fortunately, several TAP reporters can help display results for developers. Until recently, Begin's TAP reporter of choice was tap-spec. Sadly tap-spec wasn't kept up to date and npm began reporting vulnerabilities.
  • Chaijs.com just let their domain expire
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Dec 2021
    I really enjoy Ava [1] or anything assert-tape-like [2]. "uvu" [3] is getting a lot of love lately, but it's very feature limited and much of it's touted advantages are at the detriment to feature set.

    [1] https://github.com/avajs/ava

    [2] https://github.com/substack/tape

    [3] https://github.com/lukeed/uvu

    Jest is great for front-end (or full stack integration) testing, but I feel it's specialized for that use-case and doesn't always play nice with backend/middle-tier testing needs.

  • Advanced Roadmap for React.js developers
    20 projects | dev.to | 25 Nov 2021
    -Jest -React testing library -Enzyme -Sinon -Mocha -Chai -AVA -Tape
  • The React roadmap for beginners you never knew you needed.
    42 projects | dev.to | 23 Nov 2021
    Tape

axios

Posts with mentions or reviews of axios. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-08.
  • ManyShiba - The World's Greatest Twitter Bot
    3 projects | dev.to | 8 Apr 2024
    Note, you can use any library for HTTP requests like axios. This example uses the http and node-fetch libraries available on npm.
  • The Developer's Guide to OWASP API Security
    1 project | dev.to | 2 Apr 2024
    Interact with other APIs over an encrypted channel. For example, you can use Axios with Node.js.
  • Automating Data Collection with Apify: From Script to Deployment
    4 projects | dev.to | 17 Mar 2024
    For this article, I will be using the TypeScript Starter template as shown in the screenshot above. This comes with Nodejs, Cheerio, Axios
  • HTTP Requests in JavaScript: Popular Libraries for Web Developers
    1 project | dev.to | 11 Mar 2024
    Axios is suitable for a wide range of web development projects, from simple single-page applications (SPAs) to complex, large-scale enterprise software.
  • Leveraging WordPress as a Headless CMS for Your Astro Website: A Comprehensive Guide
    5 projects | dev.to | 21 Feb 2024
    Axios for streamlined API interactions, facilitating seamless data fetching.
  • 5 Ways to Make HTTP Requests in Node.js
    3 projects | dev.to | 20 Feb 2024
    Axios is a popular HTTP client library for Node.js that provides a more user-friendly and feature-rich way to make HTTP requests. Axios simplifies error handling and supports features like automatic JSON parsing and request/response interceptors, making it a great choice for many HTTP request scenarios.
  • How to Handle File Uploads with Node.js and Express
    5 projects | dev.to | 7 Feb 2024
    For this tutorial, weโ€™re going to scan the file for malware using Verisys Antivirus API, and so weโ€™ll add a package to make it easier to make external HTTP requests. Popular choices include Axios and node-fetch - for this article, weโ€™ll use node-fetch
  • Why do people use Axios instead of Fetch
    3 projects | dev.to | 29 Jan 2024
    In the dynamic realm of JavaScript and front-end development, selecting the appropriate tool for HTTP requests is critical. Axios and Fetch stand out as two leading contenders, each offering distinct features and benefits. This article delves into their differences and practical applications, providing a comprehensive comparison.
  • Counter-intuitive web devs mistakes
    2 projects | dev.to | 28 Dec 2023
    Once you start to handle all the corner-cases of the fetch, you will find that you don't want to repeat the boilerplate each time you call network, so you will write some wrapper around the fetch or use redaxios library from Jason Miller, which provides axios-like API on top of fetch so it weights only 800 bytes, which is nice. But then you might need the axios interceptors which redaxios do not implement and if your application upload files and you want to track the upload progress with ProgressEvent, the fetch does not support that, only XMLHttpRequest does, on which the original axios is based. And after you write all your custom wrappers around fetch and upload wrappers around XMLHttpRequest, you might reconcider the original statement, that axios library is obsoleted.
  • How to Fetch API Data in React
    3 projects | dev.to | 17 Dec 2023
    Install the package Axios into your application like this:

What are some alternatives?

When comparing tape and axios you can also consider the following projects:

jest - Delightful JavaScript Testing.

got - ๐ŸŒ Human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js

tap - Test Anything Protocol tools for node

request - ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿพ Simplified HTTP request client.

ava - Node.js test runner that lets you develop with confidence ๐Ÿš€

ky - ๐ŸŒณ Tiny & elegant JavaScript HTTP client based on the browser Fetch API

mocha - โ˜•๏ธ simple, flexible, fun javascript test framework for node.js & the browser

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

hyperapp - 1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications

superagent - Ajax for Node.js and browsers (JS HTTP client). Maintained for @forwardemail, @ladjs, @spamscanner, @breejs, @cabinjs, and @lassjs.

AVA

SWR - React Hooks for Data Fetching