# FETCH API for Beginners

**URL:** <https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/fetch-api-for-beginners/352575>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [February 22, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/fetch-api-for-beginners/352575 "2020-02-22T18:14:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![LimaBerrie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ccd318/32.png) [@LimaBerrie](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/LimaBerrie)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/fetch-api-for-beginners/352575/1 "2020-02-22T18:14:33Z")

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Hello everyone,

I have had past experience with Javascript but I am now doing Full-Stack work in progress.

I need to know tutorials or resources that shows usauge of the Fetch API (GET and POST methods). Particularly with JSON data involved.

Is there such course material available here on FCC too?

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**Author:** ![shimphillip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/shimphillip/32/158663_2.png) [@shimphillip](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/shimphillip)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/fetch-api-for-beginners/352575/2 "2020-02-22T19:42:14Z")

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Not sure if that tutorial is available here in FCC but official MDN doc should be helpful to get you through it.

> **[Using Fetch](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API/Using_Fetch)**
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> This kind of functionality was previously achieved using XMLHttpRequest. Fetch provides a better alternative that can be easily used by other technologies such as Service Workers. Fetch also provides a single logical place to define other...

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**Author:** ![ILM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ilm/32/363239_2.png) [@ILM](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ILM)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/fetch-api-for-beginners/352575/4 "2021-06-01T19:35:12Z")

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Closed on June 1, 2021, 7:35pm UTC


