node-fetchvssymfony-http
node-fetch is a lightweight library that provides a fetch()-like API for making HTTP requests in Node.js. It is a light-weight implementation of the Fetch API, which is mostly compatible with the browser's version.
node-fetch is primarily known as almost identical package fetch() is included in web browsers so it shares the same use common API. It's great starting point for people coming from front-end environment.
Symfony-http is a PHP library that provides a set of classes for working with HTTP requests and responses. It is part of the Symfony CMS framework, but can also be used independently.
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Example Use
const fetch = require('node-fetch');
// fetch supports both Promises and async/await
fetch('http://httpbin.org/get')
.then(res => res.text())
.then(body => console.log(body))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
const response = await fetch('http://httpbin.org/get');
// for concurrent scraping Promise.all can be used
const results = await Promise.all([
fetch('http://httpbin.org/html'),
fetch('http://httpbin.org/html'),
fetch('http://httpbin.org/html'),
])
// POST requests
await fetch('http://httpbin.org/post', {
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
body: JSON.stringify({ name: 'John Doe' }),
})
// Proxy use:
const agent = new https.Agent({
rejectUnauthorized: false,
proxy: {
host: 'proxy.example.com',
port: 8080
}
});
await fetch('https://httpbin.org/ip', { agent })
// setting headers and cookies
const headers = new fetch.Headers();
headers.append('Cookie', 'myCookie=123');
headers.append('X-My-Header', 'myValue');
await fetch('https://httpbin.org/headers', { headers })
<?php
use Symfony\Component\HttpClient\HttpClient;
// create a client object:
$client = HttpClient::create();
// sent GET request
$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://httpbin.org/get');
// or POST request
$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://httpbin.org/post', [
'headers' => [
'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
],
'json' => [
'name' => 'John Doe',
'email' => 'john.doe@example.com',
],
]);
// print response data:
$statusCode = $response->getStatusCode();
$content = $response->getContent();
echo "Status Code: $statusCode\n";
echo "Content: $content\n";