Update alpha 47
As of alpha 47 the below answer (for alpha46 and below) is not longer required. Now the Http module handles automatically the errores returned. So now is as easy as follows
http
.get('Some Url')
.map(res => res.json())
.subscribe(
(data) => this.data = data,
(err) => this.error = err); // Reach here if fails
Alpha 46 and below
You can handle the response in the map(...)
, before the subscribe
.
http
.get('Some Url')
.map(res => {
// If request fails, throw an Error that will be caught
if(res.status < 200 || res.status >= 300) {
throw new Error('This request has failed ' + res.status);
}
// If everything went fine, return the response
else {
return res.json();
}
})
.subscribe(
(data) => this.data = data, // Reach here if res.status >= 200 && <= 299
(err) => this.error = err); // Reach here if fails
Here’s a plnkr with a simple example.
Note that in the next release this won’t be necessary because all status codes below 200 and above 299 will throw an error automatically, so you won’t have to check them by yourself. Check this commit for more info.