I can't seem to diagnose why I can't send a successful HTTP request in my Angular 2 Typescript application. I send POST requests successfully through Postman, but the front-end seems to be unhappy about linking to the back-end... there's no error, and the back-end never responds. Please help!
I'm working in a C9 environment.
Here's my current implementation:
import {Component} from 'angular2/core';
import {MessageBody} from '../message-body/message-body';
import {Http, HTTP_PROVIDERS, Headers} from 'angular2/http';
@Component({
selector: 'signup',
template: require('app/signup/signup.html'),
styles: [require('app/signup/signup.css')],
viewProviders: [HTTP_PROVIDERS],
providers: []
})
export class Signup {
model = new MessageBody(
'',
'',
'',
'');
constructor(public http: Http) {
}
onSubmit() {
var headers = new Headers();
headers.append('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
this.http.post('/email', JSON.stringify(this.model), {headers: headers})
.map(res => console.log(res.json()));
}
}
This is the endpoint on the server:
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.post('/email', sendEmail);
app.use(express.static(__dirname +'/../dist'));
app.listen(process.env.PORT, listen);
I've tried posting to /email
, http://localhost:8080/email
, https://{appName}-{username}.c9users.io/email
, all to no avail!
What am I doing wrong? I appreciate the help!
EDIT: Thierry already answered here, so this is a dupe. angular2: http post not executing
There is a mismatch between the content type and the content you provide to the POST method.
If you expect url-encoded form, you need to update your code this way:
If you want to send JSON content, just change the value of the
Content-Type
header:Moreover I think that you endpoint isn't located on the same machine unless you serve it through your Express application with something like this: