API Client Design Across Languages - Part 2 - Making Requests

• freshbooks-python-sdk

  1 7 6.4 Python

  FreshBooks API wrapper

  

In python we're using the requests library for simplicity. Requests is widely used (see the Stripe and Auth0 SDKs) so it isn't too onerous of a requirement. In fact, FreshBooks' Python SDK is very light on dependencies in general.

• got

  16 13,969 6.2 TypeScript

  🌐 Human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js

Like Python, our Node.js SDK is using a well-known library axios. While it is not quite as ubiquitous as Python's requests, it is very commonly used. For instance, it is used by Auth0 (if you're looking for a different example, Shopify makes use of Got). You can find it configured here. The shared client code takes reqeust and response transform functions for each resource to convert the repsonses to objects.

• InfluxDB

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  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• http-message

  17 6,913 2.4 PHP

  The purpose of this PSR is to provide a set of common interfaces for HTTP messages as described in RFC 7230 and RFC 7231

  

Like Node.js, the PHP ecosystem has quite a number of good HTTP request libraries. Guzzle is perhaps one of the most well known, but there are many other popular libraries out there. Luckily, PHP also has some interface standards around HTTP clients and messages, particularly PSR-7, PSR-17, and PSR-18,

• axios

  445 104,201 8.4 JavaScript

  Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js

  

Like Python, our Node.js SDK is using a well-known library axios. While it is not quite as ubiquitous as Python's requests, it is very commonly used. For instance, it is used by Auth0 (if you're looking for a different example, Shopify makes use of Got). You can find it configured here. The shared client code takes reqeust and response transform functions for each resource to convert the repsonses to objects.

• Guzzle

  15 23,003 6.7 PHP

  Guzzle, an extensible PHP HTTP client

  

Like Node.js, the PHP ecosystem has quite a number of good HTTP request libraries. Guzzle is perhaps one of the most well known, but there are many other popular libraries out there. Luckily, PHP also has some interface standards around HTTP clients and messages, particularly PSR-7, PSR-17, and PSR-18,

• Requests

  2 3,560 7.8 PHP

  Requests for PHP is a humble HTTP request library. It simplifies how you interact with other sites and takes away all your worries. (by rmccue)

  

Like Node.js, the PHP ecosystem has quite a number of good HTTP request libraries. Guzzle is perhaps one of the most well known, but there are many other popular libraries out there. Luckily, PHP also has some interface standards around HTTP clients and messages, particularly PSR-7, PSR-17, and PSR-18,

• HTTPlug

  1 2,542 3.9 PHP

  HTTPlug, the HTTP client abstraction for PHP

  

Like Node.js, the PHP ecosystem has quite a number of good HTTP request libraries. Guzzle is perhaps one of the most well known, but there are many other popular libraries out there. Luckily, PHP also has some interface standards around HTTP clients and messages, particularly PSR-7, PSR-17, and PSR-18,

• SaaSHub

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  SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

  

• HTTPFul

  2 1,737 3.6 PHP

  A Chainable, REST Friendly, PHP HTTP Client. A sane alternative to cURL.

Like Node.js, the PHP ecosystem has quite a number of good HTTP request libraries. Guzzle is perhaps one of the most well known, but there are many other popular libraries out there. Luckily, PHP also has some interface standards around HTTP clients and messages, particularly PSR-7, PSR-17, and PSR-18,

• freshbooks-php-sdk

  1 7 7.5 PHP

  FreshBooks API wrapper

In our README we provide an example for those who have no particular preference:

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