There are a number of libraries available in Node.js for creating and managing network requests. When it comes to choosing your browser, you have the standard XMLHttpRequest
and fetch
modules available. With Electron, as the Node.js context is available in both the main and the renderer process, you have as many choices as the Node.js has. Any third party or built-in networking module can work with the Electron. Other than all these modules, Electron provides access to the chromium native networking library that can be used inside the main process. There is some advantage of this library over others, as it provides better support for web proxy. The API specifications are same as the Node.js built-in HTTP module. So, you won't feel any differences to use this library in terms of syntax and usage. As I already mentioned, this module provides some key benefits over other libraries, such as the Node.js HTTP module:
- It manages the system proxy configuration and...