How to use/import http module?

Last update: May 11, 2016
Angular version: 2.0.0-rc.2
Typescript version: 1.8.10

Live working example.

A simple example of how to use the Http module with Observable:

import {bootstrap} from '@angular2/platform-browser-dynamic';
import {Component, enableProdMode, Injectable, OnInit} from '@angular/core';
import {Http, Headers, HTTP_PROVIDERS, URLSearchParams} from '@angular/http';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';

const API_KEY = '6c759d320ea37acf99ec363f678f73c0:14:74192489';

@Injectable()
class ArticleApi {
  constructor(private http: Http) {}
  
  seachArticle(query) {
    const endpoint = 'http://api.nytimes.com/svc/search/v2/articlesearch.json';
    const searchParams = new URLSearchParams()
    searchParams.set('api-key', API_KEY);
    searchParams.set('q', query);
    
    return this.http
      .get(endpoint, {search: searchParams})
      .map(res => res.json().response.docs);
  }
  
  postExample(someData) {
    const endpoint = 'https://your-endpoint';
    const headers = new Headers({'Content-Type': 'application/json'});
    
    return this.http
      .post(endpoint, JSON.stringify(someData), { headers: headers })
      .map(res => res.json());
  }
}

@Component({
  selector: 'app',
  template: `<ul>
                <li *ngFor="let article of articles | async"> {{article.headline.main}} </li>
             </ul>`, 
  providers: [HTTP_PROVIDERS, ArticleApi],
})
class App implements OnInit {
  constructor(private articleApi: ArticleApi) { }
  
  ngOnInit() {
    this.articles = this.articleApi.seachArticle('obama');
  }
}

enableProdMode();
bootstrap(App)
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

  1. We are working on a separate data persistence layer, that will cover HTTP. This is not finished yet.
  2. Because of Zone in Angular 2 you can use any existing mechanism for fetching data. This includes XMLHttpRequest, fetch() and any other third party libraries.
  3. XHR in the compiler is meant to be private, and we can change the API at any time and as such should not be used.