# Send an HTTP request using fetch (/docs/guides/http/fetch)

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Related: [Common HTTP server usage](/docs/guides/http/server.md), [Write a simple HTTP server](/docs/guides/http/simple.md), [Hot reload an HTTP server](/docs/guides/http/hot.md), [Start a cluster of HTTP servers](/docs/guides/http/cluster.md), [Configure TLS on an HTTP server](/docs/guides/http/tls.md), [Proxy HTTP requests using fetch()](/docs/guides/http/proxy.md)

Bun implements the Web-standard [`fetch`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API) API for sending HTTP requests. To send a `GET` request to a URL:

```ts fetch.ts icon="/icons/typescript.svg"
const response = await fetch("https://bun.com");
const html = await response.text(); // HTML string
```

***

To send a `POST` request to an API endpoint:

```ts fetch.ts icon="/icons/typescript.svg"
const response = await fetch("https://bun.com/api", {
  method: "POST",
  body: JSON.stringify({ message: "Hello from Bun!" }),
  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
});

const body = await response.json();
```