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`Ajax` delegates all requests to fetch. `ajax.fetch` and `ajax.fetchJson` have the same function signature as `window.fetch`, you can use any online resource to learn more about fetch. [MDN](http://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API/Using_Fetch) is a great start.

## `ajax.fetch`

The `fetch` method of `ajax` is a very small wrapper around native `window.fetch` and returns a native [`Response`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response) object, the main differences with native `window.fetch` are:

- it will use any caching options that you've configured in the `Ajax` class
- it will throw on response statuses between 400 and 600 (native fetch doesn't throw)
- it will run any interceptors that you've configured
- it will add a XSRF header to the request if the XSRF cookie is present

Otherwise, you can expect the same usage as from `window.fetch`. Here are some simple examples:

```js
// A simple GET request
const response = await ajax.fetch('/api/foo');
const data = await response.json(); // or .text(), .clone(), .formData(), etc
```

```js
// A simple POST request
const response = await ajax.fetch('/api/foo', {
method: 'POST',
body: JSON.stringify({ foo: 'bar' }),
});
```

## `ajax.fetchJson`

The `fetchJson` method of `ajax` has some additional features, added for convenience and ease of use. For example, the `fetchJson` method:

- adds the `accept` header with a value of `application/json`
- adds the `content-type` header with a value of `application/json`, if a request body is provided
- automatically `JSON.stringifies` the request body, if one is provided
- will attempt to parse the response body as JSON if available
- and also automatically remove a JSON prefix from the response body if one is configured

> Note that instead of returning only a [`Response`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response), `fetchJson` returns an object containing the [`Response`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response) and a `JSON.parse`'d `body`
```js
// A simple GET request
const { response, body } = await ajax.fetchJson('/api/foo');
// body.foo === 'bar';
```

```js
// A simple POST request
const { response, body } = await ajax.fetchJson('/api/foo', {
method: 'POST',
body: { foo: 'bar' },
});
```

## Interceptors

Interceptors are functions that can be used to inspect or modify the [`Request`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request) or `Response` objects of a network request.

### Request interceptors

A request interceptor is a function that takes a [`Request`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request) object, and returns a [`Request`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request) object, or a [`Response`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response) object, and runs _before_ the native `window.fetch` call is done, allowing you to modify or inspect a request before it's made.

If you return a [`Response`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response) object, the response will be returned by the `fetch`
or `fetchJson` methods, instead of passing the `Request` to the native `window.fetch` function.

Returning a [`Request`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request):

```js
function addAcceptLanguage(request) {
request.headers.set('accept-language', 'EN_GB');
return request;
}

ajax.addRequestInterceptor(addAcceptLanguage);
```

Returning a [`Response`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response):

```js
function interceptFooRequest(request) {
if (request.headers.get('foo')) {
return Response.json({ foo: 'bar' });
}

return request;
}

ajax.addRequestInterceptor(interceptFooRequest);
```

Request interceptors can be async and will be awaited.

### Response interceptors

A response interceptor is a function that takes a [`Response`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response) object, and returns a [`Response`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response) object, and runs _after_ the native `window.fetch` call is done, allowing you to modify or inspect the response before it's returned by `fetch`/`fetchJson`.

```js
async function rewriteFoo(response) {
const body = await response.clone().text();

return new Response(body.replaceAll('foo', 'bar'), response);
}

ajax.addResponseInterceptor(rewriteFoo);
```

Response interceptors can be async and will be awaited.

## Ajax class options

| Property | Type | Default Value | Description |
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| cacheOptions.maxResponseSize | number | `undefined` | The maximum response size in bytes that will be stored to or retrieved from the cache |
| cacheOptions.maxCacheSize | number | `undefined` | The maxiumum total size in bytes of the cache; when the cache gets larger it is truncated |

## Usage
## Caching

```js script
```js
import { ajax, createCacheInterceptors } from '@lion/ajax';

const getCacheIdentifier = () => {
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