NestJS · Junior · Question 73 of 75

How do you call an external HTTP API from a Nest service in the Nest way?

✓Correct answer: Inject HttpService from @nestjs/axios (or use fetch), configured through HttpModule
2Nest blocks outgoing HTTP requests
3Only through a microservice transport

Explanation

HttpService returns Observables; firstValueFrom() turns them into promises. Plain fetch works too. Always set timeouts.

Further reading

NestJS: HTTP module ↗

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