mikeal/bent

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases no_license

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2189 stars · 83 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Bent is a tiny functional HTTP client library for Node.js and browsers built on async/await, returning configured async request functions. It supports response formats (, string, buffer), status code constraints, headers, and base URLs with no external dependencies in the browser build.

Use cases

• make http requests with async await in node
• fetch from an api in the browser
• tiny http client with no dependencies
• validate response status codes automatically
• decode responses as string or buffer
• reuse a base url for multiple api calls

When to choose

• you want a minimal, functional http client for node or browser
• you prefer async/await over promise chains or callbacks
• bundle size matters and fetch is available
• you want automatic status code and format validation

When to avoid

• you need interceptors, retries, or advanced middleware
• you need broad legacy browser support without fetch
• you want a large maintained ecosystem like axios
• the project appears to be in maintenance with no license file in the repo

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

http-client web-development apis developer-tools browser cross-platform fetch async-await functional http nodejs javascript

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