JavaScript Fetch API: A Practical Guide

Call your own backend from a static website, handle errors and avoid CORS surprises.

By Dr. Dev2026-02-236 min read
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The basics

const res = await fetch('/api/data');
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(res.status);
const data = await res.json();

CORS

When a static site calls another domain, that server must send the right Access-Control-Allow-Origin header. In Flask, the flask-cors package does this.

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