API integration in angular with http - Angular 17 | How to fetch Data from API in Angular 17

In this video, we're exploring how to seamlessly integrate an API call into an Angular 17 component, focusing on fetching and displaying data from an external source. Angular 17 brings us the powerful feature of standalone components, allowing us to create more modular and easily manageable applications. Let's dive into the specifics of this process using a simple, user-friendly Angular component.
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Setting Up with HttpClient
Our journey begins by harnessing the HttpClient, a service from Angular's @angular/common/http package. This service is our gateway to making HTTP requests, enabling our application to communicate with external APIs. To use HttpClient in our standalone component, we also ensure that HttpClientModule is included in our component's imports. This step is crucial as it provides the necessary infrastructure for making HTTP requests.
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Crafting a Standalone Component
Angular 17 introduces the concept of standalone components, marking a significant shift in how we can structure our applications. By setting standalone: true in our component's metadata, we declare that our component does not depend on an external Angular module to be declared or bootstrapped. This feature enhances modularity and simplifies the component's integration into different parts of our application.
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Implementing the fetchDetails Method
The core of our API integration lies within the fetchDetails method. This method utilizes the HttpClient service to fetch data from a specified URL. In our example, we're contacting a JSON placeholder service to retrieve a todo item. Here's how it works:
Initiating the Request: We call this.http.get(), passing in the URL of the API we wish to fetch data from. This method initiates a GET request to the API.
Handling the Response: The get method returns an Observable, a concept from the RxJS library that Angular uses for handling asynchronous operations. We subscribe to this Observable to handle the response asynchronously.
Processing the Data: Once the data is received, our subscription callback function is invoked with the response data. In our example, we log this data to the console and assign it to a variable, making it accessible within our component for display or further processing.
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Summary
Integrating an API call within an Angular 17 standalone component is a straightforward and efficient process. By leveraging the HttpClient service, we can easily fetch data from external sources and use it within our applications. The standalone component feature of Angular 17 further simplifies our application architecture, allowing for greater modularity and ease of development. Through the fetchDetails method, we see how to initiate requests, handle asynchronous responses, and ultimately bring external data into the heart of our Angular applications.

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[@quickcodeacademy]

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[@quickcodeacademy]

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[@sh1zuro]

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[@quickcodeacademy]

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[@whitehat4u]

httpClientModule is deprecated doesn't be part of angular 17!

[@quickcodeacademy]

Hey thank you for highlighting this, soon I will be making video on latest implementation

[@San_jai_21]

Any solution for this problem @whitehat4u

[@quickcodeacademy]

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[@alishoaib3932]

Its not a good approch to call API directly in component.You should create service for api call and then inject that service in ur component

[@quickcodeacademy]

Hey I understand this concern, ideal place to create api method is in service only. I have made this video to solely inform people how to integrate API. in upcoming videos sure I will inform the viewers