Ng2-resource NPM

ng2-resource

Restful resource module for angular2

To use the module install the module using below command

npm install --save ng2-resource

import the package using below syntax into your angular 2 app

//first import the rest provider
import {RestResource} from "ng2-resource";
.......

//inject rest service provider at app level
bootstrap(Demo,[
  HTTP_PROVIDERS,
  provide(RequestOptions,{useClass:JsonRequest}),
  RestResource
  ]);
// here you can inject any version of RequestOptions or Http the classes injected before rest resource will be used in the RestResource

//next implement data sevice provider using below in service file
import {RestResource} from 'ng2-resource';
import {Http} from '@angular/http';
import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';

@Injectable()
export class DataProvider extends RestResource{
  protected url : string = URL_PREFIX + "posts/:id";
  
  protected params : Object = { ':id' : '@id' }
  constructor(_http : Http) {
    // super is compulsory as Super class needs Http from the DI
    super(_http);
  }
}

  // now you can use the service to work as resource with your component
  @Component({
    selector: 'app',
    template: require('./posts_render.html') ,
    providers: [DataProvider]
  })

check the demo folder for the reference on how to use

It provides the following method out of box

query(params) get method
save(params) post method
update(params) put method
delete(params) delete method

It returns both Observables as well as promise in the response as below

resource.query().$observables which is inturn the object of observable so it can be subscribed
resource.query().$promise which is the promise object and it can be used to handle resolve or reject
all methods returns promise as well as observables