How to synchronise Angular2 http get?

Question

I understand using observable I can execute a method when the request is completed, but how can i wait till a http get is completed and return the response using in ng2 http?

getAllUser(): Array<UserDTO> {
    this.value = new Array<UserDTO>();
    this.http.get("MY_URL")
                    .map(res => res.json())
                    .subscribe(
                        data => this.value = data,
                        err => console.log(err),
                        () => console.log("Completed")
    );

    return this.value;
} 

the "value" will is null when its returned because get is async..

Answer 1

your service class: /project/app/services/sampleservice.ts

    @Injectable()
    export class SampleService {

      constructor(private http: Http) {
      }

      private createAuthorizationHeader() {
         return new Headers({'Authorization': 'Basic ZXBossffDFC++=='});
      }


      getAll(): Observable<any[]> {
        const url='';
        const active = 'status/active';
        const header = { headers: this.createAuthorizationHeader() };
        return this.http.get(url + active, header)
          .map(
            res => {
              return res.json();
            });
      }

    }

your component: /project/app/components/samplecomponent.ts

export class SampleComponent implements OnInit  {


  constructor(private sampleservice: SampleService) {
  }

  ngOnInit() {
   this.dataset();
  }

  dataset(){
    this.sampleservice.getAll().subscribe(
      (res) => {
        // map Your response with model class
        // do Stuff Here or create method 
        this.create(res);
      },
      (err) => { }
    );
  }
  create(data){
   // do Your Stuff Here
  }

}

Answer 2

By looking at the angular source (https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/master/packages/http/src/backends/xhr_backend.ts#L46), it is apparent that the async attribute of the XMLHttpRequest is not getting used. The third parameter of XMLHttpRequest needs to be set to "false" for synchronous requests.