[idea] align/sync library functionality with modern alternatives like GOT

[OleksandrKucherenko]

ref:

• https://github.com/sindresorhus/got
• https://github.com/sindresorhus/ky
• etc

[klippx]

What is the benefit of aligning it with competitors? I think different libraries should offer different flavours. Axios, Got, Ky they all do same / similar things and have different opinions on how to organise and think about an HTTP client. The risk otherwise is that we lose our direction and become a washed out copy of everything else.

And if I understood you correct then there would be massive breaking API changes for no reason other than trying to be modern.

I think you need to be more specific what exactly is the idea you want to pursue.

[OleksandrKucherenko]

all those new libs are usually introduce new features, like: AbortSignals or nice "syntax sugar" patterns that makes code simpler. Author of the library should decide on their own what patterns are useful and what are harmful, that is why I call it SYNC with other libraries.

[OleksandrKucherenko]

Please take a look on GOT documentation, its a nice comparison table and list of features: https://github.com/sindresorhus/got

copy/paste from their readme

Main API

• Promise API
• Options
• Stream API
• Pagination API
• Advanced HTTPS API
• HTTP/2 support
• Response class

Timeouts and retries

• Advanced timeout handling
• Retries on failure
• Errors with metadata

Advanced creation

• Hooks
• Instances
• Progress events & other events
• Plugins
• Compose

Cache, Proxy and UNIX sockets

• RFC compliant caching
• Proxy support
• Unix Domain Sockets

Integration

• TypeScript support
• AWS
• Testing

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Migration guides

• Request migration guide
  • (Note that Request is unmaintained)
• Axios
• Node.js

[klippx]

Related, but small, update: #557 will add support for abort signals