What Should The Intermediate Result That A Fetch Request Returns Be Called? A Blob Or Just Response?

when we use fetch in JS to issue a get request, we normally do thing like this fetch(endpoint).then(res => res.json()).then(result => ...) However I was watching Wes Bos's

Solution 1:

fetch returns a Response object, not a Blob - if you try to use blob methods like .slice and .stream on the result, errors will be thrown, since those methods do not exist.

// Not OK:fetch('data:,Hello%2C%20World!').then(blob => blob.slice()).catch((err) =>console.log('err', err.message));
// OK:fetch('data:,Hello%2C%20World!').then(res => res.text()).then(console.log);

Note that the Response can be converted into a Blob, but the return value from fetch would still be a Response:

fetch(endpoint)
  .then(response => response.blob())
  .then((blob) => {
    // work with the blob here
  });

Calling the response a blob is incorrect. They're somewhat similar, but not the same. Better to avoid calling it a blob to avoid confusion.