Axios

Lesson in the React Roadmap · Stage 11: Testing

Last updated 14 September 2026

What is Axios?

The most common way for frontend programs to communicate with servers is through the HTTP protocol. You are probably familiar with the Fetch API and the XMLHttpRequest interface, which allows you to fetch resources and make HTTP requests.

Axios is a client HTTP API based on the XMLHttpRequest interface provided by browsers.

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Axios: common questions

Can I learn Axios in Hindi?

This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Axios in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.

Is this Axios tutorial for beginners?

It is lesson 57 of 79 in the free React roadmap, in stage 11, Testing. If you are new to React, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.