Axios

Question 1

An axios instance is

Answer 1

a class returned from the axios.create() method that has access to put(), get(), post(), etc methods.

Question 2

An axios instance is useful for

Answer 2

changing one thing(instance baseURL) changes all places it is used, good for changes between production/development versions

Question 3

Create an axios instance

Answer 3

const instance = axios.create({baseURL: ‘https://some-domain.com/api/’});

Question 4

Two advantage of axios vs fetch()

Answer 4

axios have more backwards compatibility;

axios automatically converts data being sent to json format;

axios can be instantiated;

its easier to set a timeout in axios;

axios can intercept requests or responses;

implementing progress bars for downloads is simpler in axios

Question 5

How to modify the default baseURL of axios?

Answer 5

axios.defaults.baseURL = ‘url’