Angular 4 Error: No provider for HttpClient

Question

I am starting a new angular project with the CLI and am running into a no provider for HttpClient error.

I have added HttpClientModule to my module imports which seems to be the usual culprit in this scenario. Not finding a lot online other than that so I am not sure what the issue may be.

my app.module.ts

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    AppComponent
  ],
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    HttpClientModule
  ],
  providers: [],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

and my service

@Injectable()
export class FlexSearchService {


    constructor(private http: HttpClient) {}

    getSavedSearchResult(index: string, queryName: string, query: string ): Observable<any> {
      const url = `${environment.flexUrl}/${index}/search`;
      const item = new SearchQuery({queryName: queryName, variables: {q: query}});
      return this.http.post(url, item);
    }
}

and ng version gives the following output

@angular/cli: 1.4.2
node: 6.9.4
os: darwin x64
@angular/animations: 4.4.4
@angular/common: 4.4.4
@angular/compiler: 4.4.4
@angular/core: 4.4.4
@angular/forms: 4.4.4
@angular/http: 4.4.4
@angular/platform-browser: 4.4.4
@angular/platform-browser-dynamic: 4.4.4
@angular/router: 4.4.4
@angular/cli: 1.4.2
@angular/compiler-cli: 4.4.4
@angular/language-service: 4.4.4
typescript: 2.3.4

my tsconfig

{
  "compileOnSave": false,
  "compilerOptions": {
    "outDir": "./dist/out-tsc",
    "sourceMap": true,
    "declaration": false,
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "target": "es5",
    "typeRoots": [
      "node_modules/@types"
    ],
    "lib": [
      "es2017",
      "dom"
    ]
  }
}

My test

import { TestBed, inject } from '@angular/core/testing';
import { HttpClientModule } from '@angular/common/http';
import { FlexSearchService } from './flex-search.service';

describe('FlexSearchService', () => {
  beforeEach(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      providers: [FlexSearchService, HttpClientModule]
    });
  });
  it('should be created', inject([FlexSearchService], (service: FlexSearchService) => {
    expect(service).toBeTruthy();
  }));

Any help is GREATLY appreciated!

Answer 1

In your test

TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      providers: [FlexSearchService, HttpClientModule]
    });

It should be

TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      imports: [HttpClientModule],
      providers: [FlexSearchService]
    });

or even better (if you want to mock request):

TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      imports: [HttpClientTestingModule],
      providers: [FlexSearchService]
    });

Answer 2

An easier way is to provide it globally....Import the following into app.module.ts like so:

import { HttpModule } from '@angular/http'
import { HttpClient, HttpClientModule } from '@angular/common/http';

and declare it in imports:

  imports: [
    HttpModule,
    HttpClientModule, ...
]

Answer 3

Import HttpClientTestingModule.

In your test:

import { HttpClientTestingModule } from '@angular/common/http/testing';

and in the configureTestingModule of your test, do the following:

TestBed.configureTestingModule({
    imports: [ HttpClientTestingModule ],
})
.compileComponents();