How to make a sequence of http requests in Angular

Question

I've been looking for a solution all over the web, but couldn't find anything that fits my user case. I'm using the MEAN stack (Angular 6) and I have a registration form. I'm looking for a way to execute multiple HTTP calls to the API and each one is dependent on the returned result from the previous one. I need something that looks like this:

firstPOSTCallToAPI('url', data).pipe(
    result1 => secondPOSTCallToAPI('url', result1)
    result2 => thirdPOSTCallToAPI('url', result2)
    result3 => fourthPOSTCallToAPI('url', result3)
    ....
).subscribe(
    success => { /* display success msg */ },
    errorData => { /* display error msg */ }
);

What combination of RxJS operators do I need to use to achieve this? One possible solution would be to nest multiple subscriptions, but I want to avoid that and do it better with RxJS. Also need to think about error handling.

Answer 1

Try this , Angular provides feature to call multiple API at a time.

forkJoin()

You will get data in array as in same sequence which you call API.

Ex:

forkJoin(request1, request2)
    .subscribe(([response1, response2]) => {

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I have also given another answer. Please check this, it may also helps you.

Answer 2

import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
import 'rxjs/add/observable/forkJoin';

@Injectable()
export class DataService {

  constructor(private http: HttpClient) { }

  public requestDataFromMultipleSources(): Observable<any[]> {
    let response1 = this.http.get(requestUrl1);
    let response2 = this.http.get(requestUrl2);
    let response3 = this.http.get(requestUrl3);
    return Observable.forkJoin([response1, response2, response3]);
  }
}

The above example shows making three http calls, but in a similar way you can request as many http calls as required

    import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { DataService } from "../data.service";

@Component({
    selector: 'app-page',
    templateUrl: './page.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./page.component.css']
})
export class DemoComponent implements OnInit {
    public responseData1: any;
    public responseData2: any;
    public responseData3: any;

    constructor(private dataService: DataService) {}

    ngOnInit() {
        this.dataService.requestDataFromMultipleSources().subscribe(responseList => {
            this.responseData1 = responseList[0];
            this.responseData2 = responseList[1];
            this.responseData3 = responseList[1];
        });
    }
}

Answer 3

For calls that depend on previous result you should use concatMap

firstPOSTCallToAPI('url', data).pipe(
    concatMap(result1 => secondPOSTCallToAPI('url', result1))
      concatMap( result2 => thirdPOSTCallToAPI('url', result2))
       concatMap(result3 => fourthPOSTCallToAPI('url', result3))
    ....
).subscribe(
    success => { /* display success msg */ },
    errorData => { /* display error msg */ }
);

if your async method does not depend on return value of the precedent async call you can use

   concat(method(),method2(),method3()).subscribe(console.log)

Answer 4

Let me show you how to here, assuming I have much of emails I want to deliver an email to sequentially:

sendEmails() {
  this.isLoading = true; 
            const calls = this.emails <<-- assume this contain an array of emails
            .map(email => this.userEmailService.deliver({email: email, userId: 1242}));
            from(calls) <<-- make use of the from.
                .pipe(
                    concatMap(res => res),
                    finalize(() => this.isLoading = false)
                ).subscribe(() => { });
}

I hope this helps.