# @smithy/fetch-http-handler

> Provides a way to make requests

Latest version **5.8.0** (published 2026-09-03) · Apache-2.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @smithy/fetch-http-handler
pnpm add @smithy/fetch-http-handler
yarn add @smithy/fetch-http-handler
bun add @smithy/fetch-http-handler
```

## Health

**Score 75/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.8.0 |
| Published | 2026-09-03 |
| First published | 2023-06-19 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Node | >=18.0.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 |
| Unpacked size | 49.1 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 327 |
| Author | AWS SDK for JavaScript Team |
| Maintainers | smithy-team, aws-sdk-bot |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@smithy/fetch-http-handler
- Repository: https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy-typescript
- Homepage: https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy-typescript/tree/main/packages/fetch-http-handler
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@smithy/fetch-http-handler

## Dependencies (3)

- [tslib](https://npm.io/package/tslib.md) ^2.6.2
- [@smithy/core](https://npm.io/package/@smithy/core.md) ^3.33.3
- [@smithy/types](https://npm.io/package/@smithy/types.md) ^4.18.0

## Recent versions

- 5.8.0 (latest) — 2026-09-03
- 5.7.2 — 2026-08-15
- 5.7.1 — 2026-08-15
- 5.7.0 — 2026-08-11
- 5.6.13 — 2026-07-29
- 5.6.12 — 2026-07-27
- 5.6.11 — 2026-07-24
- 5.6.10 — 2026-07-23
- 5.6.9 — 2026-07-21
- 5.6.8 — 2026-07-20
- 5.6.7 — 2026-07-16
- 5.6.6 — 2026-07-14
- 5.6.5 — 2026-07-10
- 5.6.4 — 2026-07-08
- 5.6.3 — 2026-07-02
- … 96 more at https://npm.io/package/@smithy/fetch-http-handler/versions

## README

# @smithy/fetch-http-handler

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This is the default `requestHandler` used for browser applications.
Since Node.js introduced experimental Web Streams API in v16.5.0 and made it stable in v21.0.0,
you can consider using `fetch-http-handler` in Node.js, although it's not recommended.

For the Node.js default `requestHandler` implementation, see instead
[`@smithy/node-http-handler`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@smithy/node-http-handler).

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