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Why is my fetch request returning a promise instead of JSON, and how can I handle the response data properly?

Asked on Oct 21, 2025

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When you make a fetch request in JavaScript, it returns a Promise that resolves to the Response object. To extract JSON data from the response, you need to call the `.json()` method on the Response object, which itself returns another Promise.

<!-- BEGIN COPY / PASTE -->
        fetch('https://api.example.com/data')
            .then(response => response.json())
            .then(data => {
                console.log(data);
            })
            .catch(error => {
                console.error('Error:', error);
            });
        <!-- END COPY / PASTE -->

Additional Comment:

The `fetch` function returns a Promise that resolves to the Response object.
Use the `.json()` method on the Response object to parse the body text as JSON, which returns another Promise.
Handle the parsed JSON data in the next `.then()` block.
Always include error handling using `.catch()` to manage any network or parsing errors.

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Why is my fetch request returning a promise instead of JSON, and how can I handle the response data properly?

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