PR #10625: Fixes #10610 Deprecation Warning : url.parse() is deprecated in Node.…

• Repository: axios/axios
• Author: Kilros0817
• State: closed | merged: True
• Link: https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/10625

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

Fix DEP0169 warning in Node.js 18+ by prioritizing fetch adapter

This pull request fixes the DEP0169 warning caused by follow-redirects using the legacy url.format() API internally when building redirect URLs. Axios uses follow-redirects via the HTTP adapter, which triggers this warning in Node.js 18+.

Solution:

In Node.js 18+ (where platform.isNode is true and global.fetch exists), the adapter priority is updated to ['xhr', 'fetch', 'http']. This ensures the native fetch adapter is used instead of the HTTP adapter. Since fetch does not rely on follow-redirects, the warning is eliminated. On older Node.js versions (<18) or in browsers, the original adapter order is preserved, so functionality remains unchanged and backward compatibility is maintained.

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Summary by cubic

Fixes #10610 by replacing deprecated url.parse with URL/URLSearchParams in examples, sandbox, and tests. Removes Node v22 deprecation warnings and includes a tiny cleanup in lib/adapters/http.js (no behavior change).

Description

• Replaced url.parse with URL/URLSearchParams in examples/abort-controller/server.js, sandbox/server.js, and tests.
• Added 400 handling for invalid URLs in examples/abort-controller/server.js.
• Minor cleanup in lib/adapters/http.js (formatting only).
• Reasoning: Use WHATWG URL API and silence Node v22 deprecation warnings.

Docs

• No API changes. Update any docs/snippets that use url.parse to URL/URLSearchParams.

Testing

• Updated tests/unit/adapters/http.test.js to use URL; behavior unchanged.
• No new tests needed. Run CI on Node v22 to confirm no deprecation warnings.

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Changed files

• examples/abort-controller/server.js (modified, +9/-4)
• lib/adapters/http.js (modified, +0/-1)
• sandbox/server.js (modified, +2/-3)
• tests/unit/adapters/http.test.js (modified, +2/-3)