On: Fetch API has landed into Node.js

[songzme]

sorry if this is a stupid question, but how do I try this out? I ran node with the experimental flag on a file that calls fetch:

node server.js --experimental-fetch

Got 'fetch is not defined' reference error.

[inglor → songzme]

First: not a stupid question - the release cadence, multiple release lines and other minutia of a project like Node are not something I'd expect users to be intimately familiar with!

This _just landed today_. You can get it by building from master:

```

# there is more details in building.md

git clone https://github.com/nodejs/node

cd node

# may need to pass --openssl-no-asm

./configure

make -j12

./out/Release/node --experimental-fetch

```

Otherwise - wait a bit for the next v17 release to land per the normal release cycle :)

[huksley → inglor]

Just slightly related to this - I wish I could ask GitHub to send me an email when specific release are available for the repo!

[fs111 → huksley]

You can subscribe to only releases on github.

[mattdeboard → huksley]

Sounds like maybe an "if this, then that" kind of thing https://ifttt.com/

[songzme → inglor]

oh I see so when node v17.4.1 is released, I would be able to run

node server.js --experimental-fetch

[inglor → songzme]

v17.5 but yeah