**Axios** is a lightweight HTTP client based on the `XMLHttpRequests` service. It is similar to the Fetch API and is used to perform HTTP requests.




# Installing Axios
The following command can be used for installing axios using npm:
```shell
npm install axios
```
# Making an HTTP GET request
Axios can be used to perform a simple `GET` request. The syntax for this is​:
```javascript
axios({
  url:'https://www.educative.io/',
  method: 'get'
})
```
# Making an HTTP POST request
Axios can similarly be used to perform a simple `POST` request. We can also send parameters in an object using the `POST` request. The syntax for this is:
```javascript
axios({
  method: 'post',
  url: '/signup',
  data: {
    user: 'abcd1234',
    pass: 'pwd1234'
  }
})
```


# Advantage of Axios over Fetch API
- supports older browsers 
- has a way to abort a request
- has a way to set a response timeout
- has built-in CSRF protection
- supports upload progress
- performs automatic JSON data transformation.

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What is Axios?

Installing Axios

Making an HTTP GET request

Making an HTTP POST request

Advantage of Axios over Fetch API