http client: Dio vs http

Dave H

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Mar 12, 2021, 6:27:40 AM3/12/21

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Hi,

Does anyone have a strong preference view on dio vs http? I've seen mixed feedback. Any thoughts would be helpful. Thanks

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Dave

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Natalie Weizenbaum

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Mar 17, 2021, 8:48:17 PM3/17/21

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Original author of the http package here! That package is in a bit of a weird state where it's effectively blocked from evolving its API, since it's widely used within Google and any breaking changes would entail a huge migration that no one has time for. For that reason, it's probably better to go with Dio since it'll be better able to keep its interface up-to-date.

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Andrew Byrne

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Mar 25, 2021, 5:07:08 PM3/25/21

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Three reasons I've encountered to pull dio from the stack:

- Http has top-level methods that do not require creating an instance; Dio does not have this pattern

- so this prevents Dio's use in backgrounded flutter execution, like notifications/wear (a minority of use cases, b/c implementing the rest of that functionality ain't easy)

- Made in a territory controlled by the CCP

- Compatibility with google design patterns (outside Google)

The API looks nice and modern on Dio, so if you could use that nice interface and the above aren't a concern, go Dio; that being said, network calls from mobile apps are so bespoke and dart streams are so clean that I find it just as easy to roll my own in a "pull message BLOC" -AB

On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 3:27 AM Andrew Mezoni <andrew...@gmail.com> wrote:

What is the problem? Good software.
Very comfortable.
I mean the package "http" .

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