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For apps with many API calls and auth, yes, because interceptors and automatic parsing save significant boilerplate. For a small app with one or two calls, fetch is fine and the dependency is not justified.
Axios vs Fetch: Choosing an HTTP Client for React
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fetch for no-dependency simplicity, or axios for interceptors, automatic JSON parsing, and cleaner error handling. For apps with auth and many API calls, axios's interceptors are usually the deciding factor in its favor.
Interceptors. You can add the auth token to every request in one place and handle errors globally. This saves a lot of boilerplate as the app grows and keeps auth and error handling centralized.
No, fetch only rejects on network errors, not on non-2xx HTTP responses. You must manually check response.ok and throw, which is a common source of bugs for beginners who expect it to throw on a 404 or 500.
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