Finish axios migration via shared native HTTP helper

Replace all in-scope axios callsites with a new helpers/http.js wrapper over native fetch, including JSON/text GET, JSON POST, HEAD checks, and transient 5xx retry behavior; update all browser, build, script, and proxy API clients to use it; add focused unit tests; and remove axios from package dependencies.

Constraint: Preserve API/build and deployment behavior while lowering transport surface area.

Rejected: inline fetch replacements at each callsite | rejected to avoid inconsistent error/retry semantics.

Confidence: high

Scope-risk: moderate

Directive: Keep helper in place as the transport boundary and update tests when changing request semantics.

Tested: pnpm run -s typecheck, pnpm -s run test-prebuild, pnpm -s run test, pnpm -s run test:browser, pnpm -s run netlify-build, smoke GETs on /apple-silicon-app-test and /apple-silicon-app-test/?version=2

Not-tested: branch/netlify deployment health in CI pipeline after merge

helpers/api/client.js

@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@
 // GET /api/tiles/public/static/3/4/2.json?turn=37038&games=wot
 // DoesItAPI.tiles.public.static(3)(4)(`${2}.json`).get({ turn: 37, games: 'wot' })
 
-import axios from 'axios'
-
 import { getApiUrl } from '~/helpers/url.js'
+import { requestJson } from '~/helpers/http.js'
 
 // Use msw
 import '~/test/msw/use.js'
@@ -22,8 +21,7 @@ import '~/test/msw/use.js'
 // const defaultFetchMethod = (...args) => console.log(...args) // mock
 
 const defaultFetchMethod = async function (...args) {
-    return axios(...args)
-        .then( response => response.data )
+    return requestJson(...args)
         .catch( error => {
             if ( error?.response?.status !== 404 ) {
                 console.error( error )

helpers/api/sitemap/parse.js

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'path'
 import fs from 'fs-extra'
-import axios from 'axios'
 import { parse } from 'fast-xml-parser'
 
 import {
@@ -8,6 +7,10 @@ import {
     sitemapIndexFileName,
 } from '~/helpers/constants.js'
 import { isValidHttpUrl } from '~/helpers/check-types.js'
+import {
+    getText,
+    headOk
+} from '~/helpers/http.js'
 
 const sitemapFilesToTry = [
     sitemapIndexFileName,
@@ -106,12 +109,7 @@ export async function fetchAllUrlsFromSitemaps ( urlString ) {
         // console.log( 'sitemapUrl', sitemapUrl.href )
 
         // Just do a quich HEAD request to see if the file exists with getting the whole body
-        const exists = await axios.head( sitemapUrl.href )
-            .catch( () => false )
-            .then( response => {
-                // console.log( 'response', response.status )
-                return response.status < 300
-            } )
+        const exists = await headOk( sitemapUrl.href )
 
         // console.log( 'exists', exists )
 
@@ -123,8 +121,7 @@ export async function fetchAllUrlsFromSitemaps ( urlString ) {
             getMethod: async sitemapPath => {
                 const sitemapUrl = new URL( sitemapPath, urlString )
 
-                const sitemapXml = await axios.get( sitemapUrl.href )
-                    .then( response => response.data )
+                const sitemapXml = await getText( sitemapUrl.href )
 
                 return sitemapXml
             }

helpers/api/static.js

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import fs from 'fs-extra'
-import axios from 'axios'
 import 'dotenv/config.js'
 
 import {
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ import {
     // storkExecutablePath,
     storkTomlPath,
 } from '~/helpers/stork/config.js'
+import { getText } from '~/helpers/http.js'
 
 export async function downloadStorkToml () {
     // Check if the toml file exists
@@ -20,12 +20,9 @@ export async function downloadStorkToml () {
 
     apiUrl.pathname = storkTomlPath.replace('static/', '')
 
-    const response = await axios({
-        method: "get",
-        url:  apiUrl.toString(),
-    })
+    const storkToml = await getText( apiUrl.toString() )
 
-    await fs.writeFile( storkTomlPath, response.data, { encoding: null })
+    await fs.writeFile( storkTomlPath, storkToml, { encoding: null })
 
     // Get toml file stats
     const stats = await fs.stat( storkTomlPath )

helpers/api/youtube/build.js

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import fs from 'fs-extra'
 import { google } from 'googleapis'
-import axios from 'axios'
 
 import { playlists, benchmarksPlaylistId } from './playlists.js'
+import { getJson } from '~/helpers/http.js'
 
 
 export const youtubeVideoPath = './static/api/youtube-videos.json'
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ export async function saveYouTubeVideos () {
     // const youtubeVideos = await getYouTubeVideos()
 
     // Locked previously sucessful YouTube API data for now
-    const youtubeVideos = await axios( process.env.VIDEO_SOURCE )
-        .then( response => response.data )
+    const youtubeVideos = await getJson( process.env.VIDEO_SOURCE )
 
 
     // Save to JSON