Installation & Setup in JavaScript
From the Axios cheat sheet · Installation & Basic Requests · verified Jul 2026
Installation & Setup
Install Axios and create your first request
javascript
# Install via npm
npm install axios
# Install via yarn
yarn add axios
# Install via pnpm
pnpm add axios✅ Works in both browser and Node.js environments (isomorphic)
💡 Automatically transforms JSON data unlike fetch API
🔍 Returns full response object with data, status, headers
⚡ Promise-based with async/await support out of the box
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