fetch

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A fetch with Response abilities.

(... see what I did there?)

import fetch from '@webreflection/fetch';

// await directly Response methods or accessors
console.log(await fetch('https://google.com').text());
console.log(await fetch('https://google.com').ok);

// all other Promise methods just work
console.log(await fetch('https://google.com').then(r => r.ok));

The export is simply a Proxy that forwards to the Response any explicit intent, meaning:

• a fetch(url, ...init) returns exactly a fetch(url, ...init) reference
  • you can do everything you could do already with fetch ... this is fetch indeed!
  • you can use this module as drop-in replacement in your current code though
  • you can eventually incrementally use its features if and/or when needed
• if any Response.prototype known key is directly accessed, such property or method is forwarded directly to the response once the fetch is resolved
• as the goal is to shortcut the response boilerplate, Response.prototype keys prevail over Promise.prototype so if your argument is that Symbol.toStringTag returned the response one, I am afraid that's meant by design so that unless Promise API introduces a conflicting entry name with Response API, this module actually requires zero maintainability and it's future-friendly with API changes and whatnot
• if you want to deal with status or ok or headers you still can do that:
  • reference const req = fetch(url, ...init)
  • use try/catch around req.json() or req.text() or any other forwarded method
  • use const { status, headers } = await req or const status = await req.status or any other way you like to introspect the failure

// alternatively ...
const { ok, text } = await fetch(URL);
if (ok) console.log(await text());

If none of this is interesting to you though, we're good! You can move on happily ever after 👋