---
title: "Modern API data-fetching methods in React"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/modern-api-data-fetching-methods-in-react-ldwmvz9me
source_url: https://blog.logrocket.com/modern-api-data-fetching-methods-react/
type: article
source: "LogRocket"
published: 2021-12-22T18:43:37.748Z
updated: 2021-12-22T18:43:37.749Z
tags: ["react", "graphql"]
reading_time: 12
upvotes: 22
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Modern API data-fetching methods in React

**[LogRocket](https://daily.dev/sources/logrocket)** · 12 min read · 22 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

React beginners might wonder, “What exactly is an API?” To understand what an application programming interface (API) is, let’s think of an application where a section displays the daily weather forecast of the present city. With the API, we don’t need to create everything from scratch, simplifying our process.

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