Axios with Vue

Using Axios

Axios provides instances, interceptors, and convenient JSON handling.

Create one api instance and import it from composables/stores.

import axios from 'axios'
const api = axios.create({ baseURL: import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL })
export default api

Shared Axios instance.

Interceptors

Attach auth headers; normalize errors.

• Handle loading and errors.
• Keep composables tested.
• Prefer TypeScript when you can.
• Measure before optimizing.

Axios with Vue Cheatsheet

Quick reference for patterns covered in this lesson.

Auth Refresh

Be careful with interceptor loops when refreshing tokens.

Common Mistakes

• Many ad-hoc axios calls with duplicated config.
• Logging tokens.

Key Takeaways

• Axios with Vue shows up often in Vue apps.
• Practice with a demo.
• Prefer clear APIs.
• Read official docs for edge cases.