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networking

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HTTP Networking with Dio, Retry & Caching Patterns

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Sourcedhruvanbhalara/skills

Added on2026-03-02

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npx skill4agent add dhruvanbhalara/skills networking

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dio http-networking flutter-development retry-pattern caching-pattern

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Networking with Dio

Use Dio as the primary HTTP client package.
Use type-safe model classes with
```
fromJson
```
/
```
toJson
```
factories for all request/response bodies.
Handle all HTTP status codes appropriately with typed exceptions (e.g.,
```
ServerException
```
,
```
NetworkException
```
,
```
UnauthorizedException
```
).
Use proper request timeouts (
```
connectTimeout
```
,
```
receiveTimeout
```
,
```
sendTimeout
```
).

Dio Interceptors

Use interceptors for cross-cutting concerns:
- Auth Interceptor: Attach access tokens to headers, handle token refresh on 401.
- Logging Interceptor: Log requests/responses in debug mode via
```
AppLogger
```
  .
- Error Interceptor: Transform
```
DioException
```
  into domain-specific
```
Failure
```
  types.
Register interceptors centrally via
```
injectable
```
for consistent behavior across all API calls.

Repository Pattern

DataSources contain only raw Dio API calls — no business logic or mapping
Repositories orchestrate between remote DataSources and local cache for network data

Retry & Resilience

Implement retry logic with exponential backoff for transient failures (e.g., 500, timeout).
Set a maximum retry count (default: 3 retries).
Cache responses when appropriate to reduce network calls and improve offline UX.

Performance

Parse JSON in background isolates for large responses (> 1MB) using
```
compute()
```
Do NOT block the UI thread with synchronous network operations

Security

Store tokens via
```
flutter_secure_storage
```
— never in source code or
```
SharedPreferences
```
All API communication MUST use HTTPS