Parse date with Angular 4.3 HttpClient

Question

I\'m currently switching to the new HttpClient of Angular 4.3. One advantage is that I can specify a type info on the GET method and that the returned JSON is parsed into th

Answer 1

You still can, but you need to import the map()-operator from rxjs like this:

import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';

Then you can, just as Diego pointed out, use the map like this:

return this.http.get(url)
.map(x => {
x.published = new Date(String(x.published));
    return x;
})
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