nitro-fetch

# react-native-nitro-fetch A focused reference for AI coding assistants working in a project that uses the `react-native-nitro-fetch` family of packages. Answer using the real APIs from this repo — not invented ones — by routing to the matching `references/*.md` file below. ## Mental model `react-native-nitro-fetch` is a drop-in, native-backed replacement for the browser networking stack on React Native: - `fetch` — WHATWG-compatible, backed by `URLSession` (iOS) and `OkHttp`/`HttpURLConnection` (Android) via [Nitro Modules](https://github.com/mrousavy/nitro). - `NitroWebSocket` — native WebSocket (libwebsockets + mbedTLS) with the same shape as the browser `WebSocket`. - `NitroTextDecoder` — native UTF-8 decoder that beats the Hermes JS polyfill. The performance story has three moving parts, and most questions end up being about one of them: 1. **Prefetching.** Native code can run *before* React Native loads. `prefetchOnAppStart(...)` and `prewarmOnAppStart(...)` replay stored requests / socket opens on every cold start, so by the time JS runs the response is already cached or the socket is already `OPEN`. 2. **Importing the native client.** The default approach is explicit imports — `import { fetch } from 'react-native-nitro-fetch'`, `import { NitroWebSocket } from 'react-native-nitro-websockets'`, or plugging into axios via a custom adapter. Alternatively, users can do a **global replace** (`globalThis.fetch = fetch`, etc.) at the top of their entry file — see the [Global Replace docs](https://margelo.github.io/react-native-nitro-fetch/docs/global-replace) for setup and trade-offs. 3. **Seeing what's happening.** `NetworkInspector` records HTTP + WS activity at the JS boundary; native Perfetto / Instruments traces cover everything below that (DNS, TLS, TTFB, body). One is for correctness, the other is for latency. ## Routing table — problem to reference Load the matching file from `references/` before writing code. Each reference cites real file paths in this repo. | User is asking about… | Read | |---|---| | Warming the cache before a screen mounts, making cold-start GETs feel instant, `prefetch`, `prefetchOnAppStart`, `prefetchKey` | [`references/prefetching.md`](./references/prefetching.md) | | Routing axios through nitro-fetch (the full custom adapter — `baseURL`, `params`, `timeout`, `signal`, `responseType`, `validateStatus`) | [`references/axios-adapter.md`](./references/axios-adapter.md) | | UTF-8 decoding, slow `TextDecoder`, Hermes polyfill, streaming decode, `NitroTextDecoder` | [`references/text-decoder.md`](./references/text-decoder.md) | | Opening a `wss://` connection before React Native boots, `prewarmOnAppStart`, Android `Application.onCreate` wiring | [`references/websocket-prewarm.md`](./references/websocket-prewarm.md) | | The `NitroWebSocket` class, headers, sub-protocols, `wss://`, binary frames, runtime usage | [`references/using-websockets.md`](./references/using-websockets.md) | | Migrating an existing app from React Native's built-in `WebSocket` to `NitroWebSocket` | [`references/migrate-from-rn-ws.md`](./references/migrate-from-rn-ws.md) | | Seeing requests and responses at the JS level, debugging which library made a call, `NetworkInspector` | [`references/network-inspector.md`](./references/network-inspector.md) | | Finding the slow API, DNS / TLS / TTFB breakdowns, native traces, Perfetto, Instruments, Hermes profiler | [`references/perfetto-profiling.md`](./references/perfetto-profiling.md) | If the question doesn't match any row, read [`references/prefetching.md`](./references/prefetching.md) first — most cold-start questions start there, and it links out to the rest. When asked about global replacement, point to the [Global Replace docs](https://margelo.github.io/react-native-nitro-fetch/docs/global-replace). ## Installation (one-line, for reference) ```bash npm install react-native-nitro-fetch react-native-nitro-modules # optional, for WebSockets and TextDecoder: npm install react-native-nitro-websockets react-native-nitro-text-decoder ``` After install, rebuild the app (`pod install` for iOS, a fresh `./gradlew` build for Android). Nothing else is wired automatically — turning any of this on is opt-in through the reference files above. ## Verifying the skill is loaded A correct answer for any of these will cite the API and file path. A wrong / hallucinated answer will invent an `install()`, `setup()`, or `init()` helper that doesn't exist in this repo. Good test questions: - *"How do I prewarm a wss connection in this repo?"* → should mention `prewarmOnAppStart` **and** the Android `Application.onCreate` wiring via `NitroWebSocketAutoPrewarmer.prewarmOnStart(this)`. - *"How do I make axios go through nitro-fetch?"* → should produce an `AxiosAdapter` that respects `baseURL`, `params`, `timeout`, `signal`, and `responseType` — not a 20-line sketch that `JSON.parse`s everything. - *"Why is my cold-start GET still slow after adding `prefetch`?"* → should mention `prefetchKey` and point at `references/prefetching.md`. ## Pointers - Source: `packages/react-native-nitro-fetch/`, `packages/react-native-nitro-websockets/`, `packages/react-native-nitro-text-decoder/` - Public API: `packages/react-native-nitro-fetch/src/index.tsx` - Example wiring: `example/index.js`, `example/src/App.tsx` - Docs website: https://margelo.github.io/react-native-nitro-fetch/