denoland-deno/docs/examples/fetch_data.md

Fetch Data

When building any sort of web application developers will usually need to retrieve data from somewhere else on the web. This works no differently in Deno than in any other JavaScript application, just call the the fetch() method. For more information on fetch read the MDN documentation.

The exception with Deno occurs when running a script which makes a call over the web. Deno is secure by default which means access to IO (Input / Output) is prohibited. To make a call over the web Deno must be explicitly told it is ok to do so. This is achieved by adding the --allow-net flag to the deno run command.

Command: deno run --allow-net fetch.ts

/**
 * Output: JSON Data
 */
const json = fetch("https://api.github.com/users/denoland");

json.then((response) => {
  return response.json();
}).then((jsonData) => {
  console.log(jsonData);
});

/**
 * Output: HTML Data
 */
const text = fetch("https://deno.land/");

text.then((response) => {
  return response.text();
}).then((textData) => {
  console.log(textData);
});

/**
 * Output: Error Message
 */
const error = fetch("https://does.not.exist/");

error.catch((error) => console.log(error.message));