I'm curious about the library Ky and why some developers prefer it over Axios or plain Fetch. It seems to have gained a lot of popularity with over 2 million downloads per week on NPM. What are the specific advantages of using Ky?
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I personally use Ky mainly as a simple wrapper around Fetch, especially when working with Tanstack Query. The cool part is that Tanstack expects query functions to throw on errors, and Ky's syntax makes handling JSON payloads super straightforward. Plus, with Ky's middleware, you can easily add features like CSRF token handling without much fuss. It's a lightweight library that truly enhances the developer experience, so I highly recommend it!
Yeah, I checked the docs and noticed how concise it is. The code example is pretty clean, allowing you to post JSON with just a couple of lines compared to Fetch, where you usually end up needing multiple awaits.