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A powerful HTTP networking package for Dart/Flutter, supports Global configuration, Interceptors, FormData, Request cancellation, File uploading/downloading, Timeout, Custom adapters, Transformers, etc.

Don't forget to add #dio topic to your published dio related packages! See more: https://dart.dev/tools/pub/pubspec#topics

• dio
  • Get started
    • Install
    • Super simple to use
  • Awesome dio
    • Plugins
  • Examples
  • Dio APIs
    • Creating an instance and set default configs.
    • Request Options
    • Response
    • Interceptors
      • Resolve and reject the request
      • QueuedInterceptor
        • Example
      • LogInterceptor
      • Dart
      • Flutter
      • Custom Interceptor
  • Handling Errors
    • DioException
    • DioExceptionType
  • Using application/x-www-form-urlencoded format
  • Sending FormData
    • Multiple files upload
    • Reuse FormDatas and MultipartFiles
  • Transformer
    • In Flutter
    • Other example
  • HttpClientAdapter
    • Using proxy
    • HTTPS certificate verification
  • HTTP/2 support
  • Cancellation
  • Extends Dio class
  • Cross-Origin Resource Sharing on Web (CORS)

Get started

Install

Add the dio package to your pubspec dependencies.

Before you upgrade: Breaking changes might happen in major and minor versions of packages. See the Migration Guide for the complete breaking changes list.

Super simple to use

import 'package:dio/dio.dart';

final dio = Dio();

void getHttp() async {
  final response = await dio.get('https://dart.dev');
  print(response);
}

Awesome dio

🎉 A curated list of awesome things related to dio.

Plugins

Plugins

Welcome to submit third-party plugins and related libraries in here.

Examples

Performing a GET request:

import 'package:dio/dio.dart';

final dio = Dio();

void request() async {
  Response response;
  response = await dio.get('/test?id=12&name=dio');
  print(response.data.toString());
  // The below request is the same as above.
  response = await dio.get(
    '/test',
    queryParameters: {'id': 12, 'name': 'dio'},
  );
  print(response.data.toString());
}

Performing a POST request:

response = await dio.post('/test', data: {'id': 12, 'name': 'dio'});

Performing multiple concurrent requests:

response = await Future.wait([dio.post('/info'), dio.get('/token')]);

Downloading a file:

response = await dio.download(
  'https://pub.dev/',
  (await getTemporaryDirectory()).path + 'pub.html',
);

Get response stream:

final rs = await dio.get(
  url,
  options: Options(responseType: ResponseType.stream), // Set the response type to `stream`.
);
print(rs.data.stream); // Response stream.

Get response with bytes:

final rs = await Dio().get<List<int>>(
  url,
  options: Options(responseType: ResponseType.bytes), // Set the response type to `bytes`.
);
print(rs.data); // Type: List<int>.

Sending a FormData:

final formData = FormData.fromMap({
  'name': 'dio',
  'date': DateTime.now().toIso8601String(),
});
final response = await dio.post('/info', data: formData);

Uploading multiple files to server by FormData:

final formData = FormData.fromMap({
  'name': 'dio',
  'date': DateTime.now().toIso8601String(),
  'file': await MultipartFile.fromFile('./text.txt', filename: 'upload.txt'),
  'files': [
    await MultipartFile.fromFile('./text1.txt', filename: 'text1.txt'),
    await MultipartFile.fromFile('./text2.txt', filename: 'text2.txt'),
  ]
});
final response = await dio.post('/info', data: formData);

Listening the uploading progress:

final response = await dio.post(
  'https://www.dtworkroom.com/doris/1/2.0.0/test',
  data: {'aa': 'bb' * 22},
  onSendProgress: (int sent, int total) {
    print('$sent $total');
  },
);

Post binary data with Stream:

// Binary data
final postData = <int>[0, 1, 2];
await dio.post(
  url,
  data: Stream.fromIterable(postData.map((e) => [e])), // Creates a Stream<List<int>>.
  options: Options(
    headers: {
      Headers.contentLengthHeader: postData.length, // Set the content-length.
    },
  ),
);

Note: content-length must be set if you want to subscribe to the sending progress.

See all examples code here.

Dio APIs

Creating an instance and set default configs.

It is recommended to use a singleton of Dio in projects, which can manage configurations like headers, base urls, and timeouts consistently. Here is an example that use a singleton in Flutter.

You can create instance of Dio with an optional BaseOptions object:

final dio = Dio(); // With default `Options`.

void configureDio() {
  // Set default configs
  dio.options.baseUrl = 'https://api.pub.dev';
  dio.options.connectTimeout = Duration(seconds: 5);
  dio.options.receiveTimeout = Duration(seconds: 3);

  // Or create `Dio` with a `BaseOptions` instance.
  final options = BaseOptions(
    baseUrl: 'https://api.pub.dev',
    connectTimeout: Duration(seconds: 5),
    receiveTimeout: Duration(seconds: 3),
  );
  final anotherDio = Dio(options);
}

The core API in Dio instance is:

Future<Response<T>> request<T>(
  String path, {
  Object? data,
  Map<String, dynamic>? queryParameters,
  CancelToken? cancelToken,
  Options? options,
  ProgressCallback? onSendProgress,
  ProgressCallback? onReceiveProgress,
});

final response = await dio.request(
  '/test',
  data: {'id': 12, 'name': 'dio'},
  options: Options(method: 'GET'),
);

Request Options

The Options class describes the HTTP request information and configuration. Each Dio instance has a base config for all requests made by itself, and we can override the base config with Options when make a single request. The Options declaration as follows:

/// The HTTP request method.
String method;

/// Timeout when sending data.
///
/// Throws the [DioException] with
/// [DioExceptionType.sendTimeout] type when timed out.
///
/// `null` or `Duration.zero` means no timeout limit.
Duration? sendTimeout;

/// Timeout when receiving data.
///
/// The timeout represents:
///  - a timeout before the connection is established
///    and the first received response bytes.
///  - the duration during data transfer of each byte event,
///    rather than the total duration of the receiving.
///
/// Throws the [DioException] with
/// [DioExceptionType.receiveTimeout] type when timed out.
///
/// `null` or `Duration.zero` means no timeout limit.
Duration? receiveTimeout;

/// Custom field that you can retrieve it later in [Interceptor],
/// [Transformer] and the [Response.requestOptions] object.
Map<String, dynamic>? extra;

/// HTTP request headers.
///
/// The keys of the header are case-insensitive,
/// e.g.: `content-type` and `Content-Type` will be treated as the same key.
Map<String, dynamic>? headers;

/// Whether the case of header keys should be preserved.
///
/// Defaults to false.
///
/// This option WILL NOT take effect on these circumstances:
/// - XHR ([HttpRequest]) does not support handling this explicitly.
/// - The HTTP/2 standard only supports lowercase header keys.
bool? preserveHeaderCase;

/// The type of data that [Dio] handles with options.
///
/// The default value is [ResponseType.json].
/// [Dio] will parse response string to JSON object automatically
/// when the content-type of response is [Headers.jsonContentType].
///
/// See also:
///  - `plain` if you want to receive the data as `String`.
///  - `bytes` if you want to receive the data as the complete bytes.
///  - `stream` if you want to receive the data as streamed binary bytes.
ResponseType? responseType;

/// The request content-type.
///
/// The default `content-type` for requests will be implied by the
/// [ImplyContentTypeInterceptor] according to the type of the request payload.
/// The interceptor can be removed by
/// [Interceptors.removeImplyContentTypeInterceptor].
String? contentType;

/// Defines whether the request is considered to be successful
/// with the given status code.
/// The request will be treated as succeed if the callback returns true.
ValidateStatus? validateStatus;

/// Whether to retrieve the data if status code indicates a failed request.
///
/// Defaults to true.
bool? receiveDataWhenStatusError;

/// See [HttpClientRequest.followRedirects].
///
/// Defaults to true.
bool? followRedirects;

/// The maximum number of redirects when [followRedirects] is `true`.
/// [RedirectException] will be thrown if redirects exceeded the limit.
///
/// Defaults to 5.
int? maxRedirects;

/// See [HttpClientRequest.persistentConnection].
///
/// Defaults to true.
bool? persistentConnection;

/// The default request encoder is [Utf8Encoder], you can set custom
/// encoder by this option.
RequestEncoder? requestEncoder;

/// The default response decoder is [Utf8Decoder], you can set custom
/// decoder by this option, it will be used in [Transformer].
ResponseDecoder? responseDecoder;

/// Indicates the format of collection data in request query parameters and
/// `x-www-url-encoded` body data.
///
/// Defaults to [ListFormat.multi].
ListFormat? listFormat;

There is a complete example here.

Response

The response for a request contains the following information.

/// Response body. may have been transformed, please refer to [ResponseType].
T? data;

/// The corresponding request info.
RequestOptions requestOptions;

/// HTTP status code.
int? statusCode;

/// Returns the reason phrase associated with the status code.
/// The reason phrase must be set before the body is written
/// to. Setting the reason phrase after writing to the body.
String? statusMessage;

/// Whether this response is a redirect.
/// ** Attention **: Whether this field is available depends on whether the
/// implementation of the adapter supports it or not.
bool isRedirect;

/// The series of redirects this connection has been through. The list will be
/// empty if no redirects were followed. [redirects] will be updated both
/// in the case of an automatic and a manual redirect.
///
/// ** Attention **: Whether this field is available depends on whether the
/// implementation of the adapter supports it or not.
List<RedirectRecord> redirects;

/// Custom fields that only for the [Response].
Map<String, dynamic> extra;

/// Response headers.
Headers headers;

When request is succeed, you will receive the response as follows:

final response = await dio.get('https://pub.dev');
print(response.data);
print(response.headers);
print(response.requestOptions);
print(response.statusCode);

Be aware, the Response.extra is different from RequestOptions.extra, they are not related to each other.

Interceptors

For each dio instance, we can add one or more interceptors, by which we can intercept requests, responses, and errors before they are handled by then or catchError.

dio.interceptors.add(
  InterceptorsWrapper(
    onRequest: (RequestOptions options, RequestInterceptorHandler handler) {
      // Do something before request is sent.
      // If you want to resolve the request with custom data,
      // you can resolve a `Response` using `handler.resolve(response)`.
      // If you want to reject the request with a error message,
      // you can reject with a `DioException` using `handler.reject(dioError)`.
      return handler.next(options);
    },
    onResponse: (Response response, ResponseInterceptorHandler handler) {
      // Do something with response data.
      // If you want to reject the request with a error message,
      // you can reject a `DioException` object using `handler.reject(dioError)`.
      return handler.next(response);
    },
    onError: (DioException error, ErrorInterceptorHandler handler) {
      // Do something with response error.
      // If you want to resolve the request with some custom data,
      // you can resolve a `Response` object using `handler.resolve(response)`.
      return handler.next(error);
    },
  ),
);

Simple interceptor example:

import 'package:dio/dio.dart';
class CustomInterceptors extends Interceptor {
  @override
  void onRequest(RequestOptions options, RequestInterceptorHandler handler) {
    print('REQUEST[${options.method}] => PATH: ${options.path}');
    super.onRequest(options, handler);
  }

  @override
  void onResponse(Response response, ResponseInterceptorHandler handler) {
    print('RESPONSE[${response.statusCode}] => PATH: ${response.requestOptions.path}');
    super.onResponse(response, handler);
  }

  @override
  Future onError(DioException err, ErrorInterceptorHandler handler) async {
    print('ERROR[${err.response?.statusCode}] => PATH: ${err.requestOptions.path}');
    super.onError(err, handler);
  }
}

Resolve and reject the request

In all interceptors, you can interfere with their execution flow. If you want to resolve the request/response with some custom data, you can call handler.resolve(Response). If you want to reject the request/response with a error message, you can call handler.reject(dioError) .

dio.interceptors.add(
  InterceptorsWrapper(
    onRequest: (options, handler) {
      return handler.resolve(
        Response(requestOptions: options, data: 'fake data'),
      );
    },
  ),
);
final response = await dio.get('/test');
print(response.data); // 'fake data'

QueuedInterceptor

Interceptor can be executed concurrently, that is, all the requests enter the interceptor at once, rather than executing sequentially. However, in some cases we expect that requests enter the interceptor sequentially like #590. Therefore, we need to provide a mechanism for sequential access (step by step) to interceptors and QueuedInterceptor can solve this problem.

Example

Because of security reasons, we need all the requests to set up a csrfToken in the header, if csrfToken does not exist, we need to request a csrfToken first, and then perform the network request, because the request csrfToken progress is asynchronous, so we need to execute this async request in request interceptor.

For the complete code see here.

LogInterceptor

You can apply the LogInterceptor to log requests and responses automatically.

Note: LogInterceptor should always be the last interceptor added, otherwise modifications by following interceptors will not be logged.

Dart

dio.interceptors.add(LogInterceptor(responseBody: false)); // Do not output responses body.

Note: When using the default logPrint function, logs will only be printed in DEBUG mode (when the assertion is enabled).

Alternatively dart:developer's log can also be used to log messages (available in Flutter too).

Flutter

When using Flutter, Flutters own debugPrint function should be used.

This ensures, that debug messages are also available via flutter logs.

Note: debugPrint does not mean print logs under the DEBUG mode, it's a throttled function which helps to print full logs without truncation. Do not use it under any production environment unless you're intended to.

dio.interceptors.add(
  LogInterceptor(
    logPrint: (o) => debugPrint(o.toString()),
  ),
);

Custom Interceptor

You can customize interceptor by extending the Interceptor/QueuedInterceptor class. There is an example that implementing a simple cache policy: custom cache interceptor.

Handling Errors

When an error occurs, Dio will wrap the Error/Exception to a DioException:

try {
  // 404
  await dio.get('https://api.pub.dev/not-exist');
} on DioException catch (e) {
  // The request was made and the server responded with a status code
  // that falls out of the range of 2xx and is also not 304.
  if (e.response != null) {
    print(e.response.data)
    print(e.response.headers)
    print(e.response.requestOptions)
  } else {
    // Something happened in setting up or sending the request that triggered an Error
    print(e.requestOptions)
    print(e.message)
  }
}

DioException

/// The request info for the request that throws exception.
RequestOptions requestOptions;

/// Response info, it may be `null` if the request can't reach to the
/// HTTP server, for example, occurring a DNS error, network is not available.
Response? response;

/// The type of the current [DioException].
DioExceptionType type;

/// The original error/exception object;
/// It's usually not null when `type` is [DioExceptionType.unknown].
Object? error;

/// The stacktrace of the original error/exception object;
/// It's usually not null when `type` is [DioExceptionType.unknown].
StackTrace? stackTrace;

/// The error message that throws a [DioException].
String? message;

DioExceptionType

See the source code.

Using application/x-www-form-urlencoded format

By default, Dio serializes request data (except String type) to JSON. To send data in the application/x-www-form-urlencoded format instead:

// Instance level
dio.options.contentType = Headers.formUrlEncodedContentType;
// or only works once
dio.post(
  '/info',
  data: {'id': 5},
  options: Options(contentType: Headers.formUrlEncodedContentType),
);

Sending FormData

You can also send FormData with Dio, which will send data in the multipart/form-data, and it supports uploading files.

final formData = FormData.fromMap({
  'name': 'dio',
  'date': DateTime.now().toIso8601String(),
  'file': await MultipartFile.fromFile('./text.txt', filename: 'upload.txt'),
});
final response = await dio.post('/info', data: formData);

You can also specify your desired boundary name which will be used to construct boundaries of every FormData with additional prefix and suffix.

final formDataWithBoundaryName = FormData(
  boundaryName: 'my-boundary-name',
);

FormData is supported with the POST method typically.

There is a complete example here.

Multiple files upload

There are two ways to add multiple files to FormData, the only difference is that upload keys are different for array types。

final formData = FormData.fromMap({
  'files': [
    MultipartFile.fromFileSync('path/to/upload1.txt', filename: 'upload1.txt'),
    MultipartFile.fromFileSync('path/to/upload2.txt', filename: 'upload2.txt'),
  ],
});

The upload key eventually becomes files[]. This is because many back-end services add a middle bracket to key when they get an array of files. If you don't want a list literal, you should create FormData as follows (Don't use FormData.fromMap):

final formData = FormData();
formData.files.addAll([
  MapEntry(
   'files',
    MultipartFile.fromFileSync('./example/upload.txt',filename: 'upload.txt'),
  ),
  MapEntry(
    'files',
    MultipartFile.fromFileSync('./example/upload.txt',filename: 'upload.txt'),
  ),
]);

Reuse FormDatas and MultipartFiles

You should make a new FormData or MultipartFile every time in repeated requests. A typical wrong behavior is setting the FormData as a variable and using it in every request. It can be easy for the Cannot finalize exceptions to occur. To avoid that, write your requests like the below code:

Future<void> _repeatedlyRequest() async {
  Future<FormData> createFormData() async {
    return FormData.fromMap({
      'name': 'dio',
      'date': DateTime.now().toIso8601String(),
      'file': await MultipartFile.fromFile('./text.txt',filename: 'upload.txt'),
    });
  }
  
  await dio.post('some-url', data: await createFormData());
}

Transformer

Transformer allows changes to the request/response data before it is sent/received to/from the server. This is only applicable for request methods 'PUT', 'POST', and 'PATCH'. Dio has already implemented a DefaultTransformer as default. If you want to customize the transformation of request/response data, you can provide a Transformer by your self, and replace the DefaultTransformer by setting the dio.transformer.

Transformer.transformRequest only takes effect when request with PUT/POST/PATCH, they're methods that can contain the request body. Transformer.transformResponse however, can be applied to all types of responses.

In Flutter

If you're using Dio in Flutter development, it's better to decode JSON in isolates with the compute function.

/// Must be top-level function
Map<String, dynamic> _parseAndDecode(String response) {
  return jsonDecode(response) as Map<String, dynamic>;
}

Future<Map<String, dynamic>> parseJson(String text) {
  return compute(_parseAndDecode, text);
}

void main() {
  // Custom `jsonDecodeCallback`.
  dio.transformer = DefaultTransformer()..jsonDecodeCallback = parseJson;
  runApp(MyApp());
}

Other example

There is an example for customizing Transformer.

HttpClientAdapter

HttpClientAdapter is a bridge between Dio and HttpClient.

Dio implements standard and friendly APIs for developer. HttpClient is the real object that makes Http requests.

We can use any HttpClient not just dart:io:HttpClient to make HTTP requests. And all we need is providing a HttpClientAdapter. The default HttpClientAdapter for Dio is IOHttpClientAdapter on native platforms, and BrowserHttpClientAdapter on the Web platform. They can be initiated by calling the HttpClientAdapter().

dio.httpClientAdapter = HttpClientAdapter();

If you want to use platform adapters explicitly:

• For the Web platform:

  import 'package:dio/browser.dart';
  // ...
  dio.httpClientAdapter = BrowserHttpClientAdapter();
  

• For native platforms:

  import 'package:dio/io.dart';
  // ...
  dio.httpClientAdapter = IOHttpClientAdapter();
  

Here is a simple example to custom adapter.

Using proxy

IOHttpClientAdapter provide a callback to set proxy to dart:io:HttpClient, for example:

import 'package:dio/io.dart';

void initAdapter() {
  dio.httpClientAdapter = IOHttpClientAdapter(
    createHttpClient: () {
      final client = HttpClient();
      // Config the client.
      client.findProxy = (uri) {
        // Forward all request to proxy "localhost:8888".
        // Be aware, the proxy should went through you running device,
        // not the host platform.
        return 'PROXY localhost:8888';
      };
      // You can also create a new HttpClient for Dio instead of returning,
      // but a client must being returned here.
      return client;
    },
  );
}

There is a complete example here.

Web does not support to set proxy.

HTTPS certificate verification

HTTPS certificate verification (or public key pinning) refers to the process of ensuring that the certificates protecting the TLS connection to the server are the ones you expect them to be. The intention is to reduce the chance of a man-in-the-middle attack. The theory is covered by OWASP.

Server Response Certificate

Unlike other methods, this one works with the certificate of the server itself.

void initAdapter() {
  const String fingerprint = 'ee5ce1dfa7a53657c545c62b65802e4272878dabd65c0aadcf85783ebb0b4d5c';
  dio.httpClientAdapter = IOHttpClientAdapter(
    createHttpClient: () {
      // Don't trust any certificate just because their root cert is trusted.
      final HttpClient client = HttpClient(context: SecurityContext(withTrustedRoots: false));
      // You can test the intermediate / root cert here. We just ignore it.
      client.badCertificateCallback = (cert, host, port) => true;
      return client;
    },
    validateCertificate: (cert, host, port) {
      // Check that the cert fingerprint matches the one we expect.
      // We definitely require _some_ certificate.
      if (cert == null) {
        return false;
      }
      // Validate it any way you want. Here we only check that
      // the fingerprint matches the OpenSSL SHA256.
      return fingerprint == sha256.convert(cert.der).toString();
    },
  );
}

You can use openssl to read the SHA256 value of a certificate:

openssl s_client -servername pinning-test.badssl.com -connect pinning-test.badssl.com:443 < /dev/null 2>/dev/null \
  | openssl x509 -noout -fingerprint -sha256

# SHA256 Fingerprint=EE:5C:E1:DF:A7:A5:36:57:C5:45:C6:2B:65:80:2E:42:72:87:8D:AB:D6:5C:0A:AD:CF:85:78:3E:BB:0B:4D:5C
# (remove the formatting, keep only lower case hex characters to match the `sha256` above)

Certificate Authority Verification

These methods work well when your server has a self-signed certificate, but they don't work for certificates issued by a 3rd party like AWS or Let's Encrypt.

There are two ways to verify the root of the https certificate chain provided by the server. Suppose the certificate format is PEM, the code like:

void initAdapter() {
  String PEM = 'XXXXX'; // root certificate content
  dio.httpClientAdapter = IOHttpClientAdapter(
    createHttpClient: () {
      final client = HttpClient();
      client.badCertificateCallback = (X509Certificate cert, String host, int port) {
        return cert.pem == PEM; // Verify the certificate.
      };
      return client;
    },
  );
}

Another way is creating a SecurityContext when create the HttpClient:

void initAdapter() {
  String PEM = 'XXXXX'; // root certificate content
  dio.httpClientAdapter = IOHttpClientAdapter(
    onHttpClientCreate: (_) {
      final SecurityContext sc = SecurityContext();
      sc.setTrustedCertificates(File(pathToTheCertificate));
      final HttpClient client = HttpClient(context: sc);
      return client;
    },
  );
}

In this way, the format of setTrustedCertificates() must be PEM or PKCS12. PKCS12 requires password to use, which will expose the password in the code, so it's not recommended to use in common cases.

HTTP/2 support

dio_http2_adapter is a Dio HttpClientAdapter which supports HTTP/2.

Cancellation

You can cancel a request using a CancelToken. One token can be shared with multiple requests. When a token's cancel() is invoked, all requests with this token will be cancelled.

final cancelToken = CancelToken();
dio.get(url, cancelToken: cancelToken).catchError((DioException error) {
  if (CancelToken.isCancel(error)) {
    print('Request canceled: ${error.message}');
  } else {
    // handle error.
  }
});
// Cancel the requests with "cancelled" message.
token.cancel('cancelled');

There is a complete example here.

Extends Dio class

Dio is an abstract class with factory constructor, so we don't extend Dio class direct. We can extend DioForNative or DioForBrowser instead, for example:

import 'package:dio/dio.dart';
import 'package:dio/io.dart';
// If in browser, import 'package:dio/browser.dart'.

class Http extends DioForNative {
  Http([BaseOptions options]) : super(options) {
    // do something
  }
}

We can also implement a custom Dio client:

class MyDio with DioMixin implements Dio {
  // ...
}

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing on Web (CORS)

If a request is not a simple request, the Web browser will send a CORS preflight request that checks to see if the CORS protocol is understood and a server is aware using specific methods and headers.

You can modify your requests to match the definition of simple request, or add a CORS middleware for your service to handle CORS requests.