Using the Axios library, you can make requests to an external API more easily than using pure JavaScript code. The writing of requests is simplified and the management is entirely asynchronous, which makes it possible to manage several calls at the same time. Axios handles all possible cases for a request. You can write text in the body of your request.

There are different types of queries. This is notably possible thanks to the HTTP methods. If you are using a "POST", "PATCH", "PUT" or "DELETE" type request, it is possible to specify the body of the request in the "data" parameter. However, this is not possible with the "GET" method, the "data" parameter will include the values   defined in the URL. The "data" parameter accepts a JavaScript object. You can specify for each attribute the value you want, including plain text. If for this type of request, you want to add parameters in the URL, you will have to write them directly in the "url" parameter.

//Example of request with Axios
Axios({
  method: 'post',
  url: 'api/url/',
  data: {
    text: 'Here is the plain text stored in my query.'
  }

Once your request is sent, Axios uses promises, a feature of the JavaScript language. They correspond to the result of an asynchronous function. Use the ".then()" method to define the function that will be called when the request succeeds. It will take the result as a parameter. The ".catch()" method is itself called in the event of an error in the request. The defined function takes as a parameter the error that occurred while using the query.