Display data from json array using angular4 - html

Question

I am new to angular so please help me. I have an api returning an array of objects containing name, place id.
I need to display this in different cards on my html page, the cards being a widget.
in the parent component under the ngOnInit() section how do I access this json data and loop through the array in order to display it on my page as different cards?
Thank you in advance.
import { Component, OnInit } from '#angular/core';
import {HttpClient} from '#angular/common/http';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/observable';
#Component({
selector: 'app-home-page',
templateUrl: './home-page.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./home-page.component.css']
})
export class HomePageComponent implements OnInit {
showSplash = true
//public events: any = [];
events = [];
constructor(private http : HttpClient) { }
ngOnInit() {
this.showSplash = true
this.http.get("/events").subscribe(data => {
console.log("EVENTS ARE: ", data);
this.events = data;
console.log(this.events)
})
}
ngAfterViewInit(){
setTimeout(() => {
this.showSplash = false
}, 3000);
}
}

Answer 1

This will get you the events you want.
import { Component, OnInit, OnDestroy } from '#angular/core';
import { HttpClient } from '#angular/common/http';
import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
#Component({
selector: 'app-home-page',
templateUrl: './home-page.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./home-page.component.css']
})
export class HomePageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
showSplash = true
events = [];
subscription: Subscription;
constructor(private http: HttpClient) {}
ngOnInit() {
this.subscription = this.http.get("/events").subscribe(data => {
this.events = data;
this.showSplash = false;
});
}
ngOnDestroy() {
this.subscription.unsubscribe();
}
}
You will have to implement a Child Component(EventComponent probably with the selector app-event) that will accept an event object as an #Input property. Then in your HomePageComponent Template, you can loop through the events like this:
<div *ngFor="let event of events">
<app-event [event]="event"></app-event>
</div>
Alternatively:
You can use the async pipe in your HomePageComponent's Template to avoid manually unsubscribing from the Observable Subscription. Your HomePageComponent Class code will change to:
import { Component, OnInit } from '#angular/core';
import { HttpClient } from '#angular/common/http';
#Component({
selector: 'app-home-page',
templateUrl: './home-page.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./home-page.component.css']
})
export class HomePageComponent implements OnInit {
events$;
constructor(private http: HttpClient) {}
ngOnInit() {
this.events$ = this.http.get("/events");
}
}
And then in HomePageComponent's Template:
<div *ngFor="let event of events$ | async">
<app-event [event]="event"></app-event>
</div>
Here's how your EventComponent would look like in this case:
import { Component, Input, OnChanges } from '#angular/core';
#Component({
selector: 'app-event',
templateUrl: './event.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./event.component.css']
})
export class EventComponent implements OnChanges{
#Input() event;
ngOnChanges() {
this.events$ = this.http.get("/events");
}
}