XMLHttpRequest is discouraged

XMLHttpRequest is discouraged and will be more rare to be found in the new contexts like service worker.

Should axios use fetch when XMLHttpRequest is not available?

[Blfrg]

Please revisit this concept to implement a fetch adapter.

I see some community work has been done here which could jump start the process. @jamesplease’s work above on fetch polyfill has been merged if that helps squelch outstanding concerns.

Axios is the suggested library everywhere you look (and for good reason!) fetch is needed for PWA+SW which is all the rage now. A compromise is highly desired by all, even if it’s a choice between features (e.g. ability to cancel vs support offline SW).

Thank you for the essential module and consideration for the feature request.

[botverse]

@adzm I would be happy to be able to use axios in the service worker knowing that I would not be able to cancel rather than not to be able to use it at all. So in that case is not very versatile.

One advantage of using axios in the service worker is to reuse the client code instead of duplicating the flow for all the requests.