# Getting Started

# What is Axios?

Axios is a promise-based (opens new window) HTTP Client for node.js (opens new window) and the browser. It is isomorphic (opens new window) (= it can run in the browser and nodejs with the same codebase). On the server-side it uses the native node.js http module, while on the client (browser) it uses XMLHttpRequests.

Make XMLHttpRequests (opens new window) from the browser
Make http (opens new window) requests from node.js
Supports the Promise (opens new window) API
Intercept request and response
Transform request and response data
Cancel requests
Timeouts
Query parameters serialization with support for nested entries
Automatic request body serialization to:
- JSON (application/json)
- Multipart / FormData (multipart/form-data)
- URL encoded form (application/x-www-form-urlencoded)
Posting HTML forms as JSON
Automatic JSON data handling in response
Progress capturing for browsers and node.js with extra info (speed rate, remaining time)
Setting bandwidth limits for node.js
Compatible with spec-compliant FormData and Blob (including node.js)
Client side support for protecting against XSRF (opens new window)

Using npm:

$ npm install axios

Using bower:

$ bower install axios

Using yarn:

$ yarn add axios

Using jsDelivr CDN:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/axios/dist/axios.min.js"></script>

Using unpkg CDN:

<script src="https://unpkg.com/axios/dist/axios.min.js"></script>

Prebuilt CommonJS modules for direct importing with require (if your module bundler failed to resolve them automatically)

const axios = require('axios/dist/browser/axios.cjs'); // browser
const axios = require('axios/dist/node/axios.cjs'); // node