Making GET requests is fundamental for fetching data from APIs, loading external resources, and retrieving server-side information. As the creator of CoreUI, a widely used open-source UI library, I’ve implemented countless GET requests for data fetching in dashboard components and dynamic content loading. From my expertise, the modern fetch() API is the best approach for making HTTP requests with its promise-based interface and built-in JSON parsing. This method is well-supported, clean, and provides excellent error handling capabilities.