Getting [object Object] while mapping http response in Angular 2

Question

I am getting an [object Object] while using Observable map in angular 2.

Here is the response object from the API service.

{
  "isSuccess": true,
  "message": "Connection Successfull",
  "data": [
    {
      "marketId": 1,
      "city": "san",
      "cityF": "san",
      "name": null,
      "nameF": "hello",
      "sortOrder": 1,
      "isActive": true
    },
    {
      "marketId": 2,
      "city": "san",
      "cityF": "san",
      "name": null,
      "nameF": "hello",
      "sortOrder": 1,
      "isActive": true
    },
    {
      "marketId": 3,
      "city": "san",
      "cityF": "san",
      "name": null,
      "nameF": "hello",
      "sortOrder": 1,
      "isActive": true
    },
    {
      "marketId": 4,
      "city": "san",
      "cityF": "san",
      "name": null,
      "nameF": "hello",
      "sortOrder": 1,
      "isActive": true
    }
  ],
  "exceptionErrorMessage": null,
  "errorCode": 0,
  "successMessage": null
}

Here is the model I have created to map with the response.

export class MarketViewModel 
{
public isSuccess: boolean;
public message : string;
public successMessage : string;
public exceptionErrorMessage : string;
public errorCode: number;
public data: MarketListObject[];

}
export class MarketListObject 
{
    public marketId : number;
    public city: string;
    public cityF : string;
    public name : string;
    public nameF : string;
    public sortOrder : number;
    public isActive : boolean; 
}

Service class to call the http and map the response.

import { Headers, RequestOptions } from '@angular/http';
import { Router, ActivatedRoute, Params } from '@angular/router';
import { MarketViewModel} from "../ViewModel/Market.ViewModel";
import { Injectable }     from '@angular/core';
import { Http, Response } from '@angular/http';
import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Rx';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';

@Injectable()
export class DashBoardService {
    private MarketUrl = "DashBoard/GetMarketList";
    private ResponseData: any;
    constructor(private http: Http, private router: Router, private  marketModel : MarketViewModel) {}

    public GetMarketListCall() :Observable<MarketViewModel> {
         return this.http.get(this.MarketUrl).map(this.extractData)
                    .catch(this.handleError);
    } 
private extractData(res: Response) {
    let body = res.json();
        console.log("Body Data = "+body.data);
    return body.data || { };
  }

Here is the Component.ts which is calling Service.ts

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { MarketViewModel} from "../ViewModel/Market.ViewModel";
import { DashBoardService} from "../Service/DashBoard.Service";
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';

 @Component({
     selector: 'Market-app',
    templateUrl: 'DashBoard/MarketListView',
    providers: [DashBoardService, MarketViewModel]
 })

export class MarketComponent {
  constructor(private DashBoardservice: DashBoardService, private  marketModel : MarketViewModel) {
   }

ngOnInit() {
        this.DashBoardservice.GetMarketListCall().subscribe(
                               data => {this.marketModel = data;
                                    console.log("this"+this.marketModel); }, 
                                err => {console.log(err);});
}
}

When I see to the console I am getting [object Object] response. Where is the mistake I am not able to figure it out

Answer 1

You have a problem with your extractData, you want the response as it is, to match your MarketViewModel, so you need to remove the data from that method and also to return an empty object if there is no response:

private extractData(res: Response) {
  let body = res.json();
  return body || {};
}

Some pointers:

• In your Service and MarketComponent you do not need to inject the MarketViewModel in your constructor.
• You need to declare a variable marketModel in your component, to be able to use this.marketModel.
• In component you have declared method ngOnInit, but not implemented it in your component

When testing your app it worked:

getMarketListCall(): Observable<MarketViewModel>{
    return this.http.get('theUrl')
        .map(res => res.json()) // or use the 'extractData'
        // .catch(this.handleError);
}

Your component:

marketmodel: MarketViewModel

ngOnInit() {
    this.DashBoarservice.GetMarketListCall()
       .subscribe(data => {
          this.marketModel = data;
        },
        err => { console.log(err); 
    });
}

Your view, you should wrap your html in an if-statement, since your data gets retrieved asynchronously:

e.g:

<div *ngIf="marketModel"> <!-- Here! -->
  <h2>MarketModel Message: {{marketModel.message}}</h2>
  <div *ngFor="let data of marketModel.data">Id: {{data.marketId}} </div>
</div><br>

We need to remember though this code works wonderfully, we have not actually casted the response to be of instances of your classes. If you wish to do that, I suggest the following link with some great answers :) How do I cast a JSON object to a typescript class