Shows the difference in boilerplate between Dart's stdlib HttpClient and package 'http/http.dart'

http-client.dart

import 'dart:convert';
import 'dart:io';

// httpGet YOLO's a GET request to the given uri. 
// Explosions may vary.
Future<dynamic> httpGet(String uri) {
  return HttpClient(context: SecurityContext.defaultContext)
      .getUrl(Uri.parse(uri))
      .then((HttpClientRequest request) {
        // You can also do this simply as a string 'context-type' without the imported constant.
        request.headers.add(HttpHeaders.contentTypeHeader, 'application/json');
        return request.close();
      })
      .then((HttpClientResponse response) async {
        String body = await response.transform(utf8.decoder).join();
        if (response.statusCode >= 200 && response.statusCode < 300) {
          print('body: $body');
          return jsonDecode(body);
        } else {
          print('status code: ${response.statusCode}');
          print('error body: $body');
        }
      });
}

http-http.dart

import 'dart:convert';
import 'dart:io' show HttpHeaders;

import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;

// httpGet YOLO's a GET request to the given uri using the well respected http library.
// Explosions may vary.
Future<dynamic> httpGet(String uri) async {
  var response = await http.get(
    Uri.parse(uri),
    // You can also do this simply as a string 'context-type' without the imported HttpHeaders.
    headers: {HttpHeaders.contentTypeHeader: 'application/json'},
  );
  
  if (response.statusCode >= 200 && response.statusCode < 300) {
    print('body: ${response.body}');
    return jsonDecode(response.body);
  } else {
    print('status code: ${response.statusCode}');
    print('error body: ${response.body}');
  }
}