Nest: Replace axios by different http package

Created on 29 Feb 2020 · 3Comments · Source: nestjs/nest

Feature Request

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Axios project is dead. Even with 8.3 mln of downloads, project is no longer maintained.

https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/1965

Describe the solution you'd like

Switch to gaxios

needs triage type

Source

hejkerooo

Most helpful comment

I don’t think Gaxios - even if maintained by Google - has yet reached maturity.

I actually left a comment on the issue you have mentioned. Unfortunately, there has not been a discussion revolved around that yet as far as I know.

Axios has some problems with maintainers, though maintenance is still being done. If you have a look at the commit history, you’ll see it is still actively maintained.

I do not see a reason, to potentially introducing breaking changes out of thin air from the perspective of NestJS, because of the current state of Axios.

BrunnerLivio on 29 Feb 2020

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I don’t think Gaxios - even if maintained by Google - has yet reached maturity.

I actually left a comment on the issue you have mentioned. Unfortunately, there has not been a discussion revolved around that yet as far as I know.

Axios has some problems with maintainers, though maintenance is still being done. If you have a look at the commit history, you’ll see it is still actively maintained.

I do not see a reason, to potentially introducing breaking changes out of thin air from the perspective of NestJS, because of the current state of Axios.

BrunnerLivio on 29 Feb 2020

👍3

I would say that the only possible alternative to Axios as of now would have been Request package. But unfortunately, it got deprecated at Feb 11, 2020.

joffarex on 1 Mar 2020

Please note - NestJS is a modular framework. HttpModule is shipped as an example. If you don't want to use Axios, you can use any other existing library.