The GlobalFetch interface exposes the fetch function, which can be used to request resources.

fetch('/path/to/resource.json')
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok()) {
            throw new Error("Request failed!");
        }
            
        return response.json();
    })
    .then(json => { 
        console.log(json);
    }); 

The resolved value is a Response Object. This Object contains the body of the response, as well as it's status and headers.

fetch('/example.json', {
    headers: new Headers({
        'Accept': 'text/plain',
        'X-Your-Custom-Header': 'example value'
    })
});

Posting form data

fetch(`/example/submit`, {
    method: 'POST',
    body: new FormData(document.getElementById('example-form'))
});

Posting JSON data

fetch(`/example/submit.json`, {
    method: 'POST',
    body: JSON.stringify({
        email: document.getElementById('example-email').value,
        comment: document.getElementById('example-comment').value
    })
});

The fetch function does not send cookies by default. There are two possible ways to send cookies:

1. Only send cookies if the URL is on the same origin as the calling script.

fetch('/login', {
    credentials: 'same-origin'
})

2. Always send cookies, even for cross-origin calls.

fetch('https://otherdomain.com/login', {
    credentials: 'include'
})

// get some data from stackoverflow
fetch("https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/questions/featured?order=desc&sort=activity&site=stackoverflow")
  .then(resp => resp.json())
  .then(json => console.log(json))
  .catch(err => console.log(err));

const url =
      'http://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/questions?site=stackoverflow&tagged=javascript';

const questionList = document.createElement('ul');
document.body.appendChild(questionList);

const responseData = fetch(url).then(response => response.json());
responseData.then(({items, has_more, quota_max, quota_remaining}) => {
  for (const {title, score, owner, link, answer_count} of items) {
    const listItem = document.createElement('li');
    questionList.appendChild(listItem);
    const a = document.createElement('a');
    listItem.appendChild(a);
    a.href = link;
    a.textContent = `[${score}] ${title} (by ${owner.display_name || 'somebody'})`
  }
});