Question

157

What is the difference between async await and a regular fetch?

rated 0 times [ 159] [ 2] / answers: 1 / hits: 12483 / 4 Years ago, tue, february 4, 2020, 12:00:00

Can someone please explain to me what the difference between a regular fetch and async await is? Im a beginner so I might get the concepts mixed up but love to get some information so that I can understand more.

Thank you!

Answers

Only authorized users can answer the question. Please sign in first, or register a free account.

quentinaveryb

Add To Favorites

Follow

Total Points: 102

Total Questions: 100

Total Answers: 93

Location: Colombia

Member since Mon, May 2, 2022

2 Years ago

quentinaveryb questions

1 How to use annotation layer in PDF.js?

Thu, Aug 6, 20, 00:00, 4 Years ago

1 Cannot assign to read only property of #< Object> using React with Recoil

Sat, Jul 18, 20, 00:00, 4 Years ago

1 Strapi JWT token lifetime?

Fri, Jul 17, 20, 00:00, 4 Years ago

1 How do I include a JavaScript variable in an HTML header?

Mon, Aug 12, 19, 00:00, 5 Years ago

1 Replacing getDerivedStateFromProps with useEffect

Thu, May 16, 19, 00:00, 5 Years ago

View All

answered 4 Years ago leilanichasel · Accepted Answer

Fetch returns a Promise. This means fetch can either be used with promise chaining (using then), or with Async/Await. Either way fetch is returning the same result, but how it's handled is different. More on Async/Await vs then().