Angular 6 - Pass complex JSON Object in an HTTP Get request

Asked Aug 28 '18 at 04:31

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How can I do a HTTP get request and pass an JSON Object.

When I used Angular Datatable - Server side the Angular way, they are using a post request:

this.http.post<DataTablesResponse>(
   'https://angular-datatables-demo-server.herokuapp.com/',
   dataTablesParameters, {}
)

For some reason, i would like to use get request. So how to do that in a get request?

The dataTablesParameters is a JSON Object, something like:

{
    "order": [{
        "column": 0,
        "dir": "asc"
    }],
    "start": 0,
    "length": 10,
    "search": {
        "value": "",
        "regex": false
    }
    ...
}

here is what i tried:

this.http.get<DataTablesResponse>(
      '/dashboard/roles/?format=datatables', 
      {params: dataTablesParameters}
    )

but i am unable to access values of search parameter?

edited Aug 28 '18 at 04:33

asked Aug 28 '18 at 04:31

suhailvs

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You cannot pass a body in GET requests, the HTTP protocol does not allow it. You would have to pass it in the URL somehow, but at that point it seems easier to use another HTTP method – user184994 Aug 28 '18 at 04:32
@user184994 do you mean i need to use HTTP POST? – suhailvs Aug 28 '18 at 05:50
Yes, or PUT, just not GET – user184994 Aug 28 '18 at 05:51
@simple_human, did you find a better way for it? – raga Dec 03 '18 at 09:02
@raga I used `post` instead of `get` – suhailvs Dec 03 '18 at 09:18

Angular 6 - Pass complex JSON Object in an HTTP Get request

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