Making API Requests with Faraday in Ruby

If you’re tired of Net::HTTP, give Faraday a try 👇

What is Faraday?

A flexible HTTP client with middleware support, retries, logging, and more. Perfect for serious API clients. 💪

GET Products from Fake Store API

require 'faraday'
require 'json'

conn = Faraday.new(url: 'https://fakestoreapi.com')
res = conn.get('/products')

products = JSON.parse(res.body)
puts products.first["title"]

You just made a real API call, parsed JSON, and printed a product title.

Why Use Faraday?

⚙️ Bonus: Add Middleware

Faraday.new(url: 'https://fakestoreapi.com') do |f|
  f.response :logger     # Log requests
  f.adapter Faraday.default_adapter
end

🧠 Logging, retries, timeouts — Faraday handles it all.

🧵 TL;DR

• Faraday = clean + powerful HTTP client
• Use it for APIs that need more than just GETs
• Add middleware like a pro