axios

Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js

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Table of Contents

• Features
• Browser Support
• Installing
• Example
• Axios API
• Request method aliases
• Concurrency 👎
• Creating an instance
• Instance methods
• Request Config
• Response Schema
• Config Defaults
  • Global axios defaults
  • Custom instance defaults
  • Config order of precedence
• Interceptors
  • Multiple Interceptors
• Handling Errors
• Cancellation
  • AbortController
  • CancelToken 👎
• Using application/x-www-form-urlencoded format
  • URLSearchParams
  • Query string
  • 🆕 Automatic serialization
• Using multipart/form-data format
  • FormData
  • 🆕 Automatic serialization
• Files Posting
• HTML Form Posting
• Semver
• Promises
• TypeScript
• Resources
• Credits
• License

Features

• Make XMLHttpRequests from the browser
• Make http requests from node.js
• Supports the Promise API
• Intercept request and response
• Transform request and response data
• Cancel requests
• Automatic transforms for JSON data
• 🆕 Automatic data object serialization to multipart/form-data and x-www-form-urlencoded body encodings
• Client side support for protecting against XSRF

Browser Support

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Installing

Using npm:

bash $ npm install axios

Using bower:

bash $ bower install axios

Using yarn:

bash $ yarn add axios

Using pnpm:

bash $ pnpm add axios

Using jsDelivr CDN:

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Using unpkg CDN:

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Example

note: CommonJS usage

In order to gain the TypeScript typings (for intellisense / autocomplete) while using CommonJS imports with require() use the following approach:

```js const axios = require('axios').default;

// axios. will now provide autocomplete and parameter typings ```

Performing a GET request

```js const axios = require('axios').default;

// Make a request for a user with a given ID axios.get('/user?ID=12345') .then(function (response) { // handle success console.log(response); }) .catch(function (error) { // handle error console.log(error); }) .then(function () { // always executed });

// Optionally the request above could also be done as axios.get('/user', { params: { ID: 12345 } }) .then(function (response) { console.log(response); }) .catch(function (error) { console.log(error); }) .then(function () { // always executed });

// Want to use async/await? Add the async keyword to your outer function/method. async function getUser() { try { const response = await axios.get('/user?ID=12345'); console.log(response); } catch (error) { console.error(error); } } ```

NOTE: async/await is part of ECMAScript 2017 and is not supported in Internet Explorer and older browsers, so use with caution.

Performing a POST request

js axios.post('/user', { firstName: 'Fred', lastName: 'Flintstone' }) .then(function (response) { console.log(response); }) .catch(function (error) { console.log(error); });

Performing multiple concurrent requests

```js function getUserAccount() { return axios.get('/user/12345'); }

function getUserPermissions() { return axios.get('/user/12345/permissions'); }

Promise.all([getUserAccount(), getUserPermissions()]) .then(function (results) { const acct = results[0]; const perm = results[1]; }); ```

axios API

Requests can be made by passing the relevant config to axios.

axios(config)

js // Send a POST request axios({ method: 'post', url: '/user/12345', data: { firstName: 'Fred', lastName: 'Flintstone' } });

js // GET request for remote image in node.js axios({ method: 'get', url: 'https://bit.ly/2mTM3nY', responseType: 'stream' }) .then(function (response) { response.data.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('ada_lovelace.jpg')) });

axios(url[, config])

js // Send a GET request (default method) axios('/user/12345');

Request method aliases

For convenience, aliases have been provided for all common request methods.

axios.request(config)

axios.get(url[, config])

axios.delete(url[, config])

axios.head(url[, config])

axios.options(url[, config])

axios.post(url[, data[, config]])

axios.put(url[, data[, config]])

axios.patch(url[, data[, config]])

NOTE

When using the alias methods url, method, and data properties don't need to be specified in config.

Concurrency (Deprecated)

Please use Promise.all to replace the below functions.

Helper functions for dealing with concurrent requests.

axios.all(iterable) axios.spread(callback)

Creating an instance

You can create a new instance of axios with a custom config.

axios.create([config])

js const instance = axios.create({ baseURL: 'https://some-domain.com/api/', timeout: 1000, headers: {'X-Custom-Header': 'foobar'} });

Instance methods

The available instance methods are listed below. The specified config will be merged with the instance config.

axios#request(config)

axios#get(url[, config])

axios#delete(url[, config])

axios#head(url[, config])

axios#options(url[, config])

axios#post(url[, data[, config]])

axios#put(url[, data[, config]])

axios#patch(url[, data[, config]])

axios#getUri([config])

Request Config

These are the available config options for making requests. Only the url is required. Requests will default to GET if method is not specified.

```js { // url is the server URL that will be used for the request url: '/user',

// method is the request method to be used when making the request method: 'get', // default

// baseURL will be prepended to url unless url is absolute. // It can be convenient to set baseURL for an instance of axios to pass relative URLs // to methods of that instance. baseURL: 'https://some-domain.com/api/',

// transformRequest allows changes to the request data before it is sent to the server // This is only applicable for request methods 'PUT', 'POST', 'PATCH' and 'DELETE' // The last function in the array must return a string or an instance of Buffer, ArrayBuffer, // FormData or Stream // You may modify the headers object. transformRequest: [function (data, headers) { // Do whatever you want to transform the data

return data;

}],

// transformResponse allows changes to the response data to be made before // it is passed to then/catch transformResponse: [function (data) { // Do whatever you want to transform the data

return data;

}],

// headers are custom headers to be sent headers: {'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest'},

// params are the URL parameters to be sent with the request // Must be a plain object or a URLSearchParams object params: { ID: 12345 },

// paramsSerializer is an optional config in charge of serializing params paramsSerializer: { indexes: null // array indexes format (null - no brackets, false - empty brackets, true - brackets with indexes) },

// data is the data to be sent as the request body // Only applicable for request methods 'PUT', 'POST', 'DELETE , and 'PATCH' // When no transformRequest is set, must be of one of the following types: // - string, plain object, ArrayBuffer, ArrayBufferView, URLSearchParams // - Browser only: FormData, File, Blob // - Node only: Stream, Buffer data: { firstName: 'Fred' },

// syntax alternative to send data into the body // method post // only the value is sent, not the key data: 'Country=Brasil&City=Belo Horizonte',

// timeout specifies the number of milliseconds before the request times out. // If the request takes longer than timeout, the request will be aborted. timeout: 1000, // default is 0 (no timeout)

// withCredentials indicates whether or not cross-site Access-Control requests // should be made using credentials withCredentials: false, // default

// adapter allows custom handling of requests which makes testing easier. // Return a promise and supply a valid response (see lib/adapters/README.md). adapter: function (config) { /* ... */ },

// auth indicates that HTTP Basic auth should be used, and supplies credentials. // This will set an Authorization header, overwriting any existing // Authorization custom headers you have set using headers. // Please note that only HTTP Basic auth is configurable through this parameter. // For Bearer tokens and such, use Authorization custom headers instead. auth: { username: 'janedoe', password: 's00pers3cret' },

// responseType indicates the type of data that the server will respond with // options are: 'arraybuffer', 'document', 'json', 'text', 'stream' // browser only: 'blob' responseType: 'json', // default

// responseEncoding indicates encoding to use for decoding responses (Node.js only) // Note: Ignored for responseType of 'stream' or client-side requests responseEncoding: 'utf8', // default

// xsrfCookieName is the name of the cookie to use as a value for xsrf token xsrfCookieName: 'XSRF-TOKEN', // default

// xsrfHeaderName is the name of the http header that carries the xsrf token value xsrfHeaderName: 'X-XSRF-TOKEN', // default

// onUploadProgress allows handling of progress events for uploads // browser only onUploadProgress: function (progressEvent) { // Do whatever you want with the native progress event },

// onDownloadProgress allows handling of progress events for downloads // browser only onDownloadProgress: function (progressEvent) { // Do whatever you want with the native progress event },

// maxContentLength defines the max size of the http response content in bytes allowed in node.js maxContentLength: 2000,

// maxBodyLength (Node only option) defines the max size of the http request content in bytes allowed maxBodyLength: 2000,

// validateStatus defines whether to resolve or reject the promise for a given // HTTP response status code. If validateStatus returns true (or is set to null // or undefined), the promise will be resolved; otherwise, the promise will be // rejected. validateStatus: function (status) { return status >= 200 && status < 300; // default },

// maxRedirects defines the maximum number of redirects to follow in node.js. // If set to 0, no redirects will be followed. maxRedirects: 21, // default

// beforeRedirect defines a function that will be called before redirect. // Use this to adjust the request options upon redirecting, // to inspect the latest response headers, // or to cancel the request by throwing an error // If maxRedirects is set to 0, beforeRedirect is not used. beforeRedirect: (options, { headers }) => { if (options.hostname === "example.com") { options.auth = "user:password"; } },

// socketPath defines a UNIX Socket to be used in node.js. // e.g. '/var/run/docker.sock' to send requests to the docker daemon. // Only either socketPath or proxy can be specified. // If both are specified, socketPath is used. socketPath: null, // default

// httpAgent and httpsAgent define a custom agent to be used when performing http // and https requests, respectively, in node.js. This allows options to be added like // keepAlive that are not enabled by default. httpAgent: new http.Agent({ keepAlive: true }), httpsAgent: new https.Agent({ keepAlive: true }),

// proxy defines the hostname, port, and protocol of the proxy server. // You can also define your proxy using the conventional http_proxy and // https_proxy environment variables. If you are using environment variables // for your proxy configuration, you can also define a no_proxy environment // variable as a comma-separated list of domains that should not be proxied. // Use false to disable proxies, ignoring environment variables. // auth indicates that HTTP Basic auth should be used to connect to the proxy, and // supplies credentials. // This will set an Proxy-Authorization header, overwriting any existing // Proxy-Authorization custom headers you have set using headers. // If the proxy server uses HTTPS, then you must set the protocol to https. proxy: { protocol: 'https', host: '127.0.0.1', port: 9000, auth: { username: 'mikeymike', password: 'rapunz3l' } },

// cancelToken specifies a cancel token that can be used to cancel the request // (see Cancellation section below for details) cancelToken: new CancelToken(function (cancel) { }),

// an alternative way to cancel Axios requests using AbortController signal: new AbortController().signal,

// decompress indicates whether or not the response body should be decompressed // automatically. If set to true will also remove the 'content-encoding' header // from the responses objects of all decompressed responses // - Node only (XHR cannot turn off decompression) decompress: true // default

// insecureHTTPParser boolean. // Indicates where to use an insecure HTTP parser that accepts invalid HTTP headers. // This may allow interoperability with non-conformant HTTP implementations. // Using the insecure parser should be avoided. // see options https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v12.x/docs/api/http.html#httphttprequesturloptions_callback // see also https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2020-security-releases/#strict-http-header-parsing-none insecureHTTPParser: undefined // default

// transitional options for backward compatibility that may be removed in the newer versions transitional: { // silent JSON parsing mode // true - ignore JSON parsing errors and set response.data to null if parsing failed (old behaviour) // false - throw SyntaxError if JSON parsing failed (Note: responseType must be set to 'json') silentJSONParsing: true, // default value for the current Axios version

// try to parse the response string as JSON even if `responseType` is not 'json'
forcedJSONParsing: true,

// throw ETIMEDOUT error instead of generic ECONNABORTED on request timeouts
clarifyTimeoutError: false,

},

env: { // The FormData class to be used to automatically serialize the payload into a FormData object FormData: window?.FormData || global?.FormData },

formSerializer: { visitor: (value, key, path, helpers)=> {}; // custom visitor funaction to serrialize form values dots: boolean; // use dots instead of brackets format metaTokens: boolean; // keep special endings like {} in parameter key indexes: boolean; // array indexes format null - no brackets, false - empty brackets, true - brackets with indexes } } ```

Response Schema

The response for a request contains the following information.

```js { // data is the response that was provided by the server data: {},

// status is the HTTP status code from the server response status: 200,

// statusText is the HTTP status message from the server response statusText: 'OK',

// headers the HTTP headers that the server responded with // All header names are lowercase and can be accessed using the bracket notation. // Example: response.headers['content-type'] headers: {},

// config is the config that was provided to axios for the request config: {},

// request is the request that generated this response // It is the last ClientRequest instance in node.js (in redirects) // and an XMLHttpRequest instance in the browser request: {} } ```

When using then, you will receive the response as follows:

js axios.get('/user/12345') .then(function (response) { console.log(response.data); console.log(response.status); console.log(response.statusText); console.log(response.headers); console.log(response.config); });

When using catch, or passing a rejection callback as second parameter of then, the response will be available through the error object as explained in the Handling Errors section.

Config Defaults

You can specify config defaults that will be applied to every request.

Global axios defaults

```js axios.defaults.baseURL = 'https://api.example.com';

// Important: If axios is used with multiple domains, the AUTHTOKEN will be sent to all of them. // See below for an example using Custom instance defaults instead. axios.defaults.headers.common['Authorization'] = AUTHTOKEN;

axios.defaults.headers.post['Content-Type'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'; ```

Custom instance defaults

```js // Set config defaults when creating the instance const instance = axios.create({ baseURL: 'https://api.example.com' });

// Alter defaults after instance has been created instance.defaults.headers.common['Authorization'] = AUTH_TOKEN; ```

Config order of precedence

Config will be merged with an order of precedence. The order is library defaults found in lib/defaults.js, then defaults property of the instance, and finally config argument for the request. The latter will take precedence over the former. Here's an example.

```js // Create an instance using the config defaults provided by the library // At this point the timeout config value is 0 as is the default for the library const instance = axios.create();

// Override timeout default for the library // Now all requests using this instance will wait 2.5 seconds before timing out instance.defaults.timeout = 2500;

// Override timeout for this request as it's known to take a long time instance.get('/longRequest', { timeout: 5000 }); ```

Interceptors

You can intercept requests or responses before they are handled by then or catch.

```js // Add a request interceptor axios.interceptors.request.use(function (config) { // Do something before request is sent return config; }, function (error) { // Do something with request error return Promise.reject(error); });

// Add a response interceptor axios.interceptors.response.use(function (response) { // Any status code that lie within the range of 2xx cause this function to trigger // Do something with response data return response; }, function (error) { // Any status codes that falls outside the range of 2xx cause this function to trigger // Do something with response error return Promise.reject(error); }); ```

If you need to remove an interceptor later you can.

js const myInterceptor = axios.interceptors.request.use(function () {/*...*/}); axios.interceptors.request.eject(myInterceptor);

You can also clear all interceptors for requests or responses. js const instance = axios.create(); instance.interceptors.request.use(function () {/*...*/}); instance.interceptors.request.clear(); // Removes interceptors from requests instance.interceptors.response.use(function () {/*...*/}); instance.interceptors.response.clear(); // Removes interceptors from responses

You can add interceptors to a custom instance of axios.

js const instance = axios.create(); instance.interceptors.request.use(function () {/*...*/});

When you add request interceptors, they are presumed to be asynchronous by default. This can cause a delay in the execution of your axios request when the main thread is blocked (a promise is created under the hood for the interceptor and your request gets put on the bottom of the call stack). If your request interceptors are synchronous you can add a flag to the options object that will tell axios to run the code synchronously and avoid any delays in request execution.

js axios.interceptors.request.use(function (config) { config.headers.test = 'I am only a header!'; return config; }, null, { synchronous: true });

If you want to execute a particular interceptor based on a runtime check, you can add a runWhen function to the options object. The interceptor will not be executed if and only if the return of runWhen is false. The function will be called with the config object (don't forget that you can bind your own arguments to it as well.) This can be handy when you have an asynchronous request interceptor that only needs to run at certain times.

js function onGetCall(config) { return config.method === 'get'; } axios.interceptors.request.use(function (config) { config.headers.test = 'special get headers'; return config; }, null, { runWhen: onGetCall });

Multiple Interceptors

Given you add multiple response interceptors and when the response was fulfilled - then each interceptor is executed - then they are executed in the order they were added - then only the last interceptor's result is returned - then every interceptor receives the result of its predecessor - and when the fulfillment-interceptor throws - then the following fulfillment-interceptor is not called - then the following rejection-interceptor is called - once caught, another following fulfill-interceptor is called again (just like in a promise chain).

Read the interceptor tests for seeing all this in code.

Handling Errors

js axios.get('/user/12345') .catch(function (error) { if (error.response) { // The request was made and the server responded with a status code // that falls out of the range of 2xx console.log(error.response.data); console.log(error.response.status); console.log(error.response.headers); } else if (error.request) { // The request was made but no response was received // `error.request` is an instance of XMLHttpRequest in the browser and an instance of // http.ClientRequest in node.js console.log(error.request); } else { // Something happened in setting up the request that triggered an Error console.log('Error', error.message); } console.log(error.config); });

Using the validateStatus config option, you can define HTTP code(s) that should throw an error.

js axios.get('/user/12345', { validateStatus: function (status) { return status < 500; // Resolve only if the status code is less than 500 } })

Using toJSON you get an object with more information about the HTTP error.

js axios.get('/user/12345') .catch(function (error) { console.log(error.toJSON()); });

Cancellation

AbortController

Starting from v0.22.0 Axios supports AbortController to cancel requests in fetch API way:

```js const controller = new AbortController();

axios.get('/foo/bar', { signal: controller.signal }).then(function(response) { //... }); // cancel the request controller.abort() ```

CancelToken 👎deprecated

You can also cancel a request using a CancelToken.

The axios cancel token API is based on the withdrawn cancelable promises proposal.

This API is deprecated since v0.22.0 and shouldn't be used in new projects

You can create a cancel token using the CancelToken.source factory as shown below:

```js const CancelToken = axios.CancelToken; const source = CancelToken.source();

axios.get('/user/12345', { cancelToken: source.token }).catch(function (thrown) { if (axios.isCancel(thrown)) { console.log('Request canceled', thrown.message); } else { // handle error } });

axios.post('/user/12345', { name: 'new name' }, { cancelToken: source.token })

// cancel the request (the message parameter is optional) source.cancel('Operation canceled by the user.'); ```

You can also create a cancel token by passing an executor function to the CancelToken constructor:

```js const CancelToken = axios.CancelToken; let cancel;

axios.get('/user/12345', { cancelToken: new CancelToken(function executor(c) { // An executor function receives a cancel function as a parameter cancel = c; }) });

// cancel the request cancel(); ```

Note: you can cancel several requests with the same cancel token/abort controller. If a cancellation token is already cancelled at the moment of starting an Axios request, then the request is cancelled immediately, without any attempts to make a real request.

During the transition period, you can use both cancellation APIs, even for the same request:

Using application/x-www-form-urlencoded format

URLSearchParams

By default, axios serializes JavaScript objects to JSON. To send data in the application/x-www-form-urlencoded format instead, you can use the URLSearchParams API, which is supported in the vast majority of browsers, and Node starting with v10 (released in 2018).

js const params = new URLSearchParams({ foo: 'bar' }); params.append('extraparam', 'value'); axios.post('/foo', params);

Query string (Older browsers)

For compatibility with very old browsers, there is a polyfill available (make sure to polyfill the global environment).

Alternatively, you can encode data using the qs library:

js const qs = require('qs'); axios.post('/foo', qs.stringify({ 'bar': 123 }));

Or in another way (ES6),

js import qs from 'qs'; const data = { 'bar': 123 }; const options = { method: 'POST', headers: { 'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' }, data: qs.stringify(data), url, }; axios(options);

Older Node.js versions

For older Node.js engines, you can use the querystring module as follows:

js const querystring = require('querystring'); axios.post('https://something.com/', querystring.stringify({ foo: 'bar' }));

You can also use the qs library.

NOTE: The qs library is preferable if you need to stringify nested objects, as the querystring method has known issues with that use case.

🆕 Automatic serialization to URLSearchParams

Axios will automatically serialize the data object to urlencoded format if the content-type header is set to "application/x-www-form-urlencoded".

``` const data = { x: 1, arr: [1, 2, 3], arr2: [1, [2], 3], users: [{name: 'Peter', surname: 'Griffin'}, {name: 'Thomas', surname: 'Anderson'}], };

await axios.postForm('https://postman-echo.com/post', data, {headers: {'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}} ); ```

The server will handle it as

```js { x: '1', 'arr[]': [ '1', '2', '3' ], 'arr2[0]': '1', 'arr2[1][0]': '2', 'arr2[2]': '3', 'arr3[]': [ '1', '2', '3' ], 'users[0][name]': 'Peter', 'users[0][surname]': 'griffin', 'users[1][name]': 'Thomas', 'users[1][surname]': 'Anderson' } ````

If your backend body-parser (like body-parser of express.js) supports nested objects decoding, you will get the same object on the server-side automatically

```js var app = express();

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true })); // support encoded bodies

app.post('/', function (req, res, next) { // echo body as JSON res.send(JSON.stringify(req.body)); });

server = app.listen(3000); ```

Using multipart/form-data format

FormData

To send the data as a multipart/formdata you need to pass a formData instance as a payload. Setting the Content-Type header is not required as Axios guesses it based on the payload type.

```js const formData = new FormData(); formData.append('foo', 'bar');

axios.post('https://httpbin.org/post', formData); ```

In node.js, you can use the form-data library as follows:

```js const FormData = require('form-data');

const form = new FormData(); form.append('myfield', 'my value'); form.append('mybuffer', new Buffer(10)); form.append('my_file', fs.createReadStream('/foo/bar.jpg'));

axios.post('https://example.com', form) ```

🆕 Automatic serialization to FormData

Starting from v0.27.0, Axios supports automatic object serialization to a FormData object if the request Content-Type header is set to multipart/form-data.

The following request will submit the data in a FormData format (Browser & Node.js):

```js import axios from 'axios';

axios.post('https://httpbin.org/post', {x: 1}, { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data' } }).then(({data})=> console.log(data)); ```

In the node.js build, the (form-data) polyfill is used by default.

You can overload the FormData class by setting the env.FormData config variable, but you probably won't need it in most cases:

```js const axios= require('axios'); var FormData = require('form-data');

axios.post('https://httpbin.org/post', {x: 1, buf: new Buffer(10)}, { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data' } }).then(({data})=> console.log(data)); ```

Axios FormData serializer supports some special endings to perform the following operations:

• {} - serialize the value with JSON.stringify
• [] - unwrap the array-like object as separate fields with the same key

NOTE: unwrap/expand operation will be used by default on arrays and FileList objects

FormData serializer supports additional options via config.formSerializer: object property to handle rare cases:

• visitor: Function - user-defined visitor function that will be called recursively to serialize the data object to a FormData object by following custom rules.

• dots: boolean = false - use dot notation instead of brackets to serialize arrays and objects;

• metaTokens: boolean = true - add the special ending (e.g user{}: '{"name": "John"}') in the FormData key. The back-end body-parser could potentially use this meta-information to automatically parse the value as JSON.

• indexes: null|false|true = false - controls how indexes will be added to unwrapped keys of flat array-like objects

  • null - don't add brackets (arr: 1, arr: 2, arr: 3)
  • false(default) - add empty brackets (arr[]: 1, arr[]: 2, arr[]: 3)
  • true - add brackets with indexes (arr[0]: 1, arr[1]: 2, arr[2]: 3)

Let's say we have an object like this one:

js const obj = { x: 1, arr: [1, 2, 3], arr2: [1, [2], 3], users: [{name: 'Peter', surname: 'Griffin'}, {name: 'Thomas', surname: 'Anderson'}], 'obj2{}': [{x:1}] };

The following steps will be executed by the Axios serializer internally:

js const formData= new FormData(); formData.append('x', '1'); formData.append('arr[]', '1'); formData.append('arr[]', '2'); formData.append('arr[]', '3'); formData.append('arr2[0]', '1'); formData.append('arr2[1][0]', '2'); formData.append('arr2[2]', '3'); formData.append('users[0][name]', 'Peter'); formData.append('users[0][surname]', 'Griffin'); formData.append('users[1][name]', 'Thomas'); formData.append('users[1][surname]', 'Anderson'); formData.append('obj2{}', '[{"x":1}]');

Axios supports the following shortcut methods: postForm, putForm, patchForm which are just the corresponding http methods with the Content-Type header preset to multipart/form-data.

Files Posting

You can easily sumbit a single file

js await axios.postForm('https://httpbin.org/post', { 'myVar' : 'foo', 'file': document.querySelector('#fileInput').files[0] });

or multiple files as multipart/form-data.

js await axios.postForm('https://httpbin.org/post', { 'files[]': document.querySelector('#fileInput').files });

FileList object can be passed directly:

js await axios.postForm('https://httpbin.org/post', document.querySelector('#fileInput').files)

All files will be sent with the same field names: files[].

🆕 HTML Form Posting (browser)

Pass HTML Form element as a payload to submit it as multipart/form-data content.

js await axios.postForm('https://httpbin.org/post', document.querySelector('#htmlForm'));

FormData and HTMLForm objects can also be posted as JSON by explicitly setting the Content-Type header to application/json:

js await axios.post('https://httpbin.org/post', document.querySelector('#htmlForm'), { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } })

For example, the Form

```html

Value 1 Value 2 Value 3

```

will be submitted as the following JSON object:

```js { "foo": "1", "deep": { "prop": { "spaced": "3" } }, "baz": [ "4", "5" ], "user": { "age": "value2" } } ````

Sending Blobs/Files as JSON (base64) is not currently supported.

Semver

Until axios reaches a 1.0 release, breaking changes will be released with a new minor version. For example 0.5.1, and 0.5.4 will have the same API, but 0.6.0 will have breaking changes.

Promises

axios depends on a native ES6 Promise implementation to be supported. If your environment doesn't support ES6 Promises, you can polyfill.

TypeScript

axios includes TypeScript definitions and a type guard for axios errors.

typescript let user: User = null; try { const { data } = await axios.get('/user?ID=12345'); user = data.userDetails; } catch (error) { if (axios.isAxiosError(error)) { handleAxiosError(error); } else { handleUnexpectedError(error); } }

Online one-click setup

You can use Gitpod, an online IDE(which is free for Open Source) for contributing or running the examples online.

Resources

• Changelog
• Upgrade Guide
• Ecosystem
• Contributing Guide
• Code of Conduct

Credits

axios is heavily inspired by the $http service provided in AngularJS. Ultimately axios is an effort to provide a standalone $http-like service for use outside of AngularJS.

License

MIT