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by timcobb 79 days ago
Fetch can't do a lot of table stakes stuff...
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Ok, well have AI write some table stakes for you in 10 minutes with 100% test coverage and only provide exactly what "table stakes" you are missing without any bells and whistles.
Such as?
One I’ve noticed is download/upload progress.
You’ve been able to do download/upload progress using the Streams API with fetch for more than seven years now. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Streams_API
on the FE?
The streams API exists on the FE, you can pipe an upload or download through a TransformStream to monitor progress