Ky Has a Free API — Here's How to Use This Tiny HTTP Client

Ky is a tiny and elegant HTTP client built on the Fetch API. At just ~3KB, it provides retry logic, timeout handling, hooks, and JSON shortcuts that the native fetch lacks. Installation npm install ky Basic Usage import ky from " ky " ; // Simple GET with automatic JSON parsing const data = await ky . get ( " https://api.github.com/users/sindresorhus " ). json (); console . log ( data . name ); // Sindre Sorhus // POST with JSON body const response = await ky . post ( " https://httpbin.org/post " , { json : { name : " Ky " , type : " http-client " } }). json (); Retry and Timeout // Auto-retry on network errors and 5xx responses const api = ky . create ({ prefixUrl : " https://api.example.com " , retry : { limit : 3 , methods : [ " get " ], statusCodes : [ 408 , 502 , 503 , 504 ] }, timeout : 10000 , headers : { " Authorization " : " Bearer token " } }); const users = await api . get ( " users " ). json (); Hooks — Intercept Requests and Responses const api = ky . create ({ hooks : { b