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Axios
Axios is a popular JavaScript library used for fetching HTTP requests when web scraping. You can send asynchronous requests to REST endpoints or simply download the page’s HTML.
The main benefit is that Axios supports major browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Internet Explorer. You can use the library in Node.js or browser-based environments, and it automatically detects where it’s running.
Axios supports HTTP methods like GET and POST, and it automatically handles JSON, so you don’t need to manually parse responses. This makes it easier to fetch data and get structured response.
However, Axios isn’t a standalone library. It will fetch and download the data, but you’ll need to use other libraries like Selenium to clean it.