Angular alternative $http

Question

In AngularJS for sending a request I use the builtin $http service.

What shall I use for sending a request to a server in Angular? I can't find any doc that covers the subject.

Answer 1

EDIT : There is an api preview for the new http service on the Angular 2 website now

There is a basic http service in Angular 2 currently, but its very minimalist right now. This software is in alpha and is very likely to change, so you may just want to use the fetch API , implement your own XMLHttpRequest , or use a library like jQuery instead. Currently, the Angular 2 http api is essentially identical to the fetch API . Given that fetch is far less likely to change, I suggest just using that.

If you want to use the Angular 2 service, here is an example...

import {bootstrap, Component, View, NgFor, Inject} from 'angular2/angular2';
import {Http, httpInjectables} from 'angular2/http';

@Component({selector: 'http-app'})
@View({
  directives: [NgFor],
  template: `
    <h1>people</h1>
    <ul class="people">
      <li *ng-for="#person of people">
        hello, {{person.name}}
      </li>
    </ul>
  `
})
export class HttpCmp {
  people: Object;
  constructor(http: Http) {
    http.get('./people.json').toRx().map(res => res.json()).subscribe(people => this.people = people);
  }
}

Answer 2

Simple http get sample:

http.get('./friends.json').map((res: Response) => res.json()).subscribe(res => this.result = res);

I have a working sample here: http://www.syntaxsuccess.com/viewarticle/angular-2.0-and-http