HTTP

The http service can be used globally Vue.http or in a Vue instance this.$http.

Usage

A Vue instance provides the this.$http service which can send HTTP requests. A request method call returns a Promise that resolves to the response. Also the Vue instance will be automatically bound to this in all function callbacks.

{
  // GET /someUrl
  this.$http.get('/someUrl').then(response => {
    // success callback
  }, response => {
    // error callback
  });
}

Methods

Shortcut methods are available for all request types. These methods work globally or in a Vue instance.

// global Vue object
Vue.http.get('/someUrl', [config]).then(successCallback, errorCallback);
Vue.http.post('/someUrl', [body], [config]).then(successCallback, errorCallback);

// in a Vue instance
this.$http.get('/someUrl', [config]).then(successCallback, errorCallback);
this.$http.post('/someUrl', [body], [config]).then(successCallback, errorCallback);

List of shortcut methods:

• get(url, [config])
• head(url, [config])
• delete(url, [config])
• jsonp(url, [config])
• post(url, [body], [config])
• put(url, [body], [config])
• patch(url, [body], [config])

Config

Parameter	Type	Description
url	string	URL to which the request is sent
body	Object, FormData, string	Data to be sent as the request body
headers	Object	Headers object to be sent as HTTP request headers
params	Object	Parameters object to be sent as URL parameters
method	string	HTTP method (e.g. GET, POST, ...)
responseType	string	Type of the response body (e.g. text, blob, json, ...)
timeout	number	Request timeout in milliseconds (0 means no timeout)
credentials	boolean	Indicates whether or not cross-site Access-Control requests should be made using credentials
emulateHTTP	boolean	Send PUT, PATCH and DELETE requests with a HTTP POST and set the X-HTTP-Method-Override header
emulateJSON	boolean	Send request body as application/x-www-form-urlencoded content type
before	function(request)	Callback function to modify the request object before it is sent
uploadProgress	function(event)	Callback function to handle the ProgressEvent of uploads
downloadProgress	function(event)	Callback function to handle the ProgressEvent of downloads

Response

A request resolves to a response object with the following properties and methods:

Property	Type	Description
url	string	Response URL origin
body	Object, Blob, string	Response body
headers	Header	Response Headers object
ok	boolean	HTTP status code between 200 and 299
status	number	HTTP status code of the response
statusText	string	HTTP status text of the response
Method	Type	Description
text()	Promise	Resolves the body as string
json()	Promise	Resolves the body as parsed JSON object
blob()	Promise	Resolves the body as Blob object

Example

{
  // POST /someUrl
  this.$http.post('/someUrl', {foo: 'bar'}).then(response => {

    // get status
    response.status;

    // get status text
    response.statusText;

    // get 'Expires' header
    response.headers.get('Expires');

    // get body data
    this.someData = response.body;

  }, response => {
    // error callback
  });
}

Send a get request with URL query parameters and a custom headers.

{
  // GET /someUrl?foo=bar
  this.$http.get('/someUrl', {params: {foo: 'bar'}, headers: {'X-Custom': '...'}}).then(response => {
    // success callback
  }, response => {
    // error callback
  });
}

Fetch an image and use the blob() method to extract the image body content from the response.

{
  // GET /image.jpg
  this.$http.get('/image.jpg', {responseType: 'blob'}).then(response => {

    // resolve to Blob
    return response.blob();

  }).then(blob => {
    // use image Blob
  });
}

Interceptors

Interceptors can be defined globally and are used for pre- and postprocessing of a request. If a request is sent using this.$http or this.$resource the current Vue instance is available as this in a interceptor callback.

Request processing

Vue.http.interceptors.push(function(request) {

  // modify method
  request.method = 'POST';

  // modify headers
  request.headers.set('X-CSRF-TOKEN', 'TOKEN');
  request.headers.set('Authorization', 'Bearer TOKEN');

});

Request and Response processing

Vue.http.interceptors.push(function(request) {

  // modify request
  request.method = 'POST';

  // return response callback
  return function(response) {

    // modify response
    response.body = '...';

  };
});

Return a Response and stop processing

Vue.http.interceptors.push(function(request) {

  // modify request ...

  // stop and return response
  return request.respondWith(body, {
    status: 404,
    statusText: 'Not found'
  });
});

Overriding default interceptors

All default interceptors callbacks can be overriden to change their behavior. All interceptors are exposed through the Vue.http.interceptor object with their names before, method, jsonp, json, form, header and cors.

Vue.http.interceptor.before = function(request) {

  // override before interceptor

};