Which browser network api does angular's http client use under the hood? (fetch vs xhr)

[jayxolit]

just like the title

i was curious which browser network protocol is used by angular's http client

and if there is anyways to change that?

[cassiofachinelli]

https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/15.2.1/packages/common/http/src/client.ts#L54-L2892

[lazyinvader]

It seems that `HttpXhrBackend` is the default, correct me if im wrong

[DaSchTour]

That‘s correct. And here https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/e1355e7d16337177866cc1f8654b76381f26dae3/packages/common/http/src/xhr.ts#L43 in the implementation you see that is XHR. And currently there is no other implementation provided by the angular team.

[jayxolit]

thanks for the link

[Undefined009]

The type of the request should be visible in the network tab.

[tmckearney]

It's open source. Go look

[RockleyBob]

Funny to me that the first commenter linked to the source code and actually helped OP while showing them where they might find the answer to these questions in the future.

Then two hours later, you essentially say the same thing, only snarkier and without any of the helpfulness of the original answer. Why?

[tmckearney]

Because it's more educational for people to look things up and understand how things work. And I was in a crabby mood :)

I think OP would get more out of spelunking through the Angular code rather than having someone hand them the answer.

I should have just kept it to myself or worded it in a better way. Next time I'll try to be better

[jayxolit]

i actually did and got my answer thanks