'using http package in flutter for networking APIs is a good practice OR its better to use Retrofit, chopper or dio?
Actually I want to know which package is more beneficial from the user perspective, if there are other advantage pls let know in the comments. THANK YOU
Solution 1:[1]
From the user's (consumer's) perspective, http/dio/etc doesn't matter at all.
From a developer's perspective (my experience), it has been easier to handle exceptions with the dio package than using http. I had a lot of frustration trying to catch HTTP Response 500 when I was using http, and my app keeps on crashing even though my code had a try/catch. Trying to add timeouts in my http code has been especially difficult. But with dio, they have a built-in solution (connectTimeout).
Also in general, writing networking code with dio (I haven't tried Chopper or Retrofit) is faster and easier than writing code using http.
Solution 2:[2]
http is pretty simple - good for building demo or small project.
Chopper supports convertor and interceptor which are mostly good enough in most case. Plus, it has chopper_generator for generating part file. which is helpful and time-saving.
Dio has much more functionality and better documentation. A powerful Http client for Dart, which supports Interceptors, Global configuration, FormData, Request Cancellation, File downloading, Timeout etc. Chinese dev community love using this.
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