Masterclass | Tackling the Hidden Time Cost in HTTP Clients

In this masterclass, we unravel the complexities surrounding HTTP clients, providing developers and technical leaders with actionable insights to overcome challenges and revolutionize their development processes.
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00:59 Introduction
02:18 Axios vs Got vs Node-fetch vs Request vs Undici
03:39 Comparison of libraries
10:32 Why choose Undici?
13:10 Why undici.request?
14:17 How to make a final decision on which library to use?
19:25 Undici design principles
20:15 What is a dispatcher?
23:09 Mocking requests
23:29 Handlers
25:32 Retry agents
26:42 Interceptors
27:00 Automatic OIDC tokens & how they work
33:11 Wy is fetch() slow?
35:17 HTTP is the best standard interface
36:02 Can we use Undici dispatchers to implement networkless HTTP?
36:15 Injecting an HTTP request into a Node.js server
38:10 What is Platformatic & how can it help you?
41:45 Platformatic Client Demo
1:00:00 Q&A

[@tusharbarate4973]

You talked about load balancing? Is there any documenation in undici?

[@platformatic]

There is a BalancedPool that you can use: undici.nodejs.org/#/docs/api/BalancedPool

[@tusharbarate4973]

Difference between client.request and undici.request and undici.dispatch is not clear, when to use what?

[@platformatic]

client.request() routes the request using the underlining socket of the client. undici.request uses the global dispatcher. You probably don't want to use the dispatch methods unless for some really advanced behaviors.