How to return string instead of Observable with @angular/http
问题 I am hooking Angular 4 with .net core WEB API. The Web API is returning a CustomerName in string based on the Id passed in. This is the service method in Angular 4. I understand that angular/http must return an Observable because it is an Async call. But how do I return a string instead? or how do I access the data within the Observable object from the calling method? getCustomerName(id: number): Observable<any>{ return this._http.get(this.baseUrl + 'api/getCustomerName/' + id ) .map(