---
title: "Get started with mix-fetch"
description: "Install @nymproject/mix-fetch and make your first HTTP request through the Nym mixnet."
schemaType: "TechArticle"
section: "Developers"
lastUpdated: "2026-06-05"
---

# Get started

## Installation

```bash
npm install @nymproject/mix-fetch
```

ESM only, with the worker and WASM inlined via [`mix-tunnel`](/developers/mix-tunnel/get-started#installation); no bundler config needed.

## Quick start

```ts
import { setupMixTunnel, mixFetch, disconnectMixTunnel } from '@nymproject/mix-fetch';

// Bring the shared mixnet tunnel up. Same call works from mix-dns and mix-websocket.
await setupMixTunnel();

// Drop-in fetch. The Response is the real DOM Response, not a wrapper.
const res = await mixFetch('https://example.com');
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

// Tear down. The WASM is unusable after this until page reload.
await disconnectMixTunnel();
```

For one-shot use without an explicit setup step, the `createMixFetch` helper combines setup and fetch:

```ts
import { createMixFetch } from '@nymproject/mix-fetch';

const mixFetch = await createMixFetch({ disableCoverTraffic: true });
const res = await mixFetch('https://example.com');
```

Call `createMixFetch` once and reuse the function it returns. It calls `setupMixTunnel` internally, so calling `createMixFetch` a second time rejects with `tunnel already initialised`; the tunnel is [one-shot per page](/developers/mix-tunnel/get-started).

Run `mixFetch` live in the [mixnet playground](/developers/playground), with a tunnel-vs-clearnet comparison.