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Fetch

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/fetʃ/verbCore term

In software engineering, fetch means: To request and receive data from a server or API, for example the latest messages or a list of products, often while the page is already open.

In Turkish: veri çekmek, getirmek, fetch etmek

How it is used

In JavaScript, fetch() is also the name of the built-in function for HTTP requests (the Fetch API). Developers fetch data on page load, on scroll or after a click, and talk about 'data fetching' strategies.

Example sentences

  1. We fetch the user's profile as soon as they log in.

  2. The component fetches new comments every thirty seconds.

Common collocations

  • fetch data
  • fetch from an API
  • data fetching
  • refetch
  • APIShort for application programming interface: a set of rules that lets one program ask another program for data or actions in a fixed, documented way.
  • promiseA JavaScript object that stands for a result that is not ready yet, such as data from a server, and that later succeeds or fails.
  • requestA message that a client sends to a server or API, asking it to do something such as return data or save a new record.
  • asynchronousDescribes code that starts a task, such as loading data, and goes on running other code instead of waiting for that task to finish.

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