With this change we move `XhrFactory` to the root entrypoint of `@angular/commmon`, this is needed so that we can configure `XhrFactory` DI token at a platform level, and not add a dependency between `@angular/platform-browser` and `@angular/common/http`.
Currently, when using `HttpClientModule` in a child module on the server, `ReferenceError: XMLHttpRequest is not defined` is being thrown because the child module has its own Injector and causes `XhrFactory` provider to be configured to use `BrowserXhr`.
Therefore, we should configure the `XhrFactory` at a platform level similar to other Browser specific providers.
BREAKING CHANGE:
`XhrFactory` has been moved from `@angular/common/http` to `@angular/common`.
**Before**
```ts
import {XhrFactory} from '@angular/common/http';
```
**After**
```ts
import {XhrFactory} from '@angular/common';
```
Closes#41311
PR Close#41313
Before this change, when Google Chrome cancels a XMLHttpRequest, an Observable of the response
never finishes. This happens, for example, when you put your computer to sleep or just press
Ctrl+S to save the browser page. After this commit, if request is canceled or aborted an
appropriate Observable will be completed with an error.
Fixes#22324
PR Close#40767
When using the [timeout attribute](https://xhr.spec.whatwg.org/#the-timeout-attribute) and an XHR
request times out, browsers trigger the `timeout` event (and execute the XHR's `ontimeout`
callback). Additionally, Safari 9 handles timed-out requests in the same way, even if no `timeout`
has been explicitly set on the XHR.
In the above cases, `HttpClient` would fail to capture the XHR's completing (with an error), so
the corresponding `Observable` would never complete.
PR Close#26453
PR Close#39807
They aim to improve code readability.
Since they are defined by `const enum` they have zero runtime performance impact
over just using constant literals.
Fixes#23543
PR Close#23548
Currently, when we call jsonp method without importing HttpClientJsonpModule, an error message appears saying
'Attempted to construct Jsonp request without JsonpClientModule installed.' instance of 'Attempted to
construct Jsonp request without HttpClientJsonpModule installed.'
PR Close#38756
This changes XhrBackend to not strip the XSSI prefix from error text
if such a prefix is present but the remaining body does not parse as
JSON.
PR Close#19958
Previously, XhrBackend would call JSON.parse('') if the response body was
empty (a 200 status code with content-length 0). This changes the XhrBackend
to attempt the JSON parse only if the response body is non-empty. Otherwise,
the body is left as null.
Fixes#18680.
Fixes#19413.
Fixes#19502.
Fixes#19555.
PR Close#19958
Currently HttpClient sends requests for JSON data with the
XMLHttpRequest.responseType set to 'json'. With this flag, the browser
will attempt to parse the response as JSON, but will return 'null' on
any errors. If the JSON response contains an XSSI-prevention prefix,
this will cause the browser's parsing to fail, which is unrecoverable.
The only compelling reason to use the responseType 'json' is for
performance (especially if the browser offloads JSON parsing to a
separate thread). I'm not aware of any browser which does this currently,
nor of any plans to do so. JSON.parse and responseType 'json' both
end up using the same V8 code path in Chrome to implement the parse.
Thus, this change switches all JSON parsing in HttpClient to use
JSON.parse directly.
Fixes#18396, #18453.
PR Close#18466
HttpClient is an evolution of the existing Angular HTTP API, which exists
alongside of it in a separate package, @angular/common/http. This structure
ensures that existing codebases can slowly migrate to the new API.
The new API improves significantly on the ergonomics and features of the legacy
API. A partial list of new features includes:
* Typed, synchronous response body access, including support for JSON body types
* JSON is an assumed default and no longer needs to be explicitly parsed
* Interceptors allow middleware logic to be inserted into the pipeline
* Immutable request/response objects
* Progress events for both request upload and response download
* Post-request verification & flush based testing framework
