--- title: Axios vs. Fetch: which should I use? | daily.dev description: Axios is a JavaScript library used to make HTTP requests from browsers. The Fetch API provides an interface for fetching resources. For IE 11, Fetch is not... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/axios-vs-fetch-which-should-i-use--vabk45v-o twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Axios vs. Fetch: which should I use? | daily.dev og:description: Axios is a JavaScript library used to make HTTP requests from browsers. The Fetch API provides an interface for fetching resources. For IE 11, Fetch is not... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/axios-vs-fetch-which-should-i-use--vabk45v-o og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vAbK45v_o.png og:image:alt: Axios vs. Fetch: which should I use? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Axios vs. Fetch: which should I use? **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · 6 min read · 59 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary Axios is a JavaScript library used to make HTTP requests from browsers. The Fetch API provides an interface for fetching resources. For IE 11, Fetch is not compatible, while Axios offers good support. Axios is less vulnerable to XSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery) attacks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@mdzine** · 5 upvotes > Thank you Luisa. Really definitive comparison. I know for sure which one to use now :) **@ghost** · 2 upvotes > Nicely written. For me, if I'm doing a quick CodePen like stuff I'll use `fetch()` unless axios is really really required. Given the fact that Axios has really cool features, I have used in some side projects. > > > Really good Luísa! 💯 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/axios-vs-fetch-which-should-i-use--vabk45v-o) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Axios vs. Fetch: which should I use?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/axios-vs-fetch-which-should-i-use--vabk45v-o","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/axios-vs-fetch-which-should-i-use--vabk45v-o"},"datePublished":"2020-11-24T05:31:34.276Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"Axios is a JavaScript library used to make HTTP requests from browsers. 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