NG2 RC5: HTTP_PROVIDERS is deprecated

Question

So, in version RC5 of Angular2, they deprecated the HTTP_PROVIDERS and introduced the HttpModule. For my application code, this is working fine, b

Answer 1

I run into a similar problem when updating from pre-RC5 code to RC6. To expand on Joe W's answer above, I replaced this code:

import { ReflectiveInjector, provide } from '@angular/core';
import { HTTP_PROVIDERS, RequestOptions } from '@angular/http';

export function main() {
  describe('My Test', () => {
    let myService: MyService;

    beforeAll(() => {
      let injector = ReflectiveInjector.resolveAndCreate([
        HTTP_PROVIDERS,
        provide(RequestOptions, { useValue: getRequestOptions() }),
        MyService
      ]);
      myService = injector.get(MyService);
    });

    it('should be instantiated by the injector', () => {
      expect(myService).toBeDefined();
    });
...

with this RC6 code (which, I guess, should also work for RC5):

import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
import { HttpModule, RequestOptions } from '@angular/http';

export function main() {
  describe('My Test', () => {
    let myService: MyService;

    beforeAll(() => {
      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
        imports: [HttpModule],
        providers: [
          { provide: RequestOptions, useValue: getRequestOptions() },
          MyService
        ]
      });
      myService = TestBed.get(MyService);
    });

    it('should be instantiated by the testbed', () => {
      expect(myService).toBeDefined();
    });
...