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Plug

A wrapper for the fetch API that simplifies HTTP requests

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Installation

use npm:

npm i the-plug

or cdn:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/plug.js"></script>

Usage:

Example (express):

const express = require('express')
const app = express()

const plug = require('the-plug')

app.get('/', async (req, res)=>{
    const response = await plug.get('https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/random_joke')

    res.json(response)
})

app.listen(3000)

Example (HTML):

<html>
<head>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/plug.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <h2>Random Joke</h2>
    <p></p>
    <p></p>

    <script>
        async function getJoke() {
            const joke = await plug.get('https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/random_joke');

            document.querySelectorAll('p')[0].innerHTML = joke.setup;
            document.querySelectorAll('p')[1].innerHTML = joke.punchline;
        }

        getJoke();
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Additional Examples:

POST Request

To send data to a server, you can use the post method:

const data = { name: "John Doe", age: 30 };
const response = await plug.post('https://your-api-endpoint.com/users', data, {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
});
console.log(response);

PUT Request

To update existing data, use the put method:

const updatedData = { name: "John Doe", age: 31 };
const response = await plug.put('https://your-api-endpoint.com/users/1', updatedData, {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
});
console.log(response);

DELETE Request

To delete data from a server, use the delete method:

const response = await plug.delete('https://your-api-endpoint.com/users/1', {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer your-token-here'
});
console.log(response);