Why isn't my function returning the proper JSON data and how can I access it? - json

Question

I'm running services to retrieve data from an API. Here is one of the services:
robotSummary(core_id, channel_name){
const params = new HttpParams()
var new_headers = {
'access-token': ' '
};
this.access_token = sessionStorage.getItem('access-token');
new_headers['access-token'] = this.access_token;
const myObject: any = {core_id : core_id, channel_name: channel_name};
const httpParams: HttpParamsOptions = { fromObject: myObject } as HttpParamsOptions;
const options = { params: new HttpParams(httpParams), headers: new_headers };
return this.http.get(this.baseURL + 'web_app/robot_summary/',options)
.subscribe(
res => console.log(res),
)
}
}
The data shows up properly on the console, but I still can't access the individual keys:
Here is how I call it:
ngOnInit(): void{
this.login.getData(this.username, this.password).subscribe((data) => {
this.robotSummaryData = this.getRobotSummary.robotSummary(this.core_id, this.channel_name);
console.log("robosummary"+ this.robotSummaryData)
});
}
When I call this function and assign it to a variable, it shows up on console as [object Object]. When I tried to use JSON.parse, it throws the error: type subscription is not assignable to parameter string. How can I access the data? I want to take the JSON object and save it as an Object with appropriate attributes. Thanks!

Answer 1

Do not subscribe inside your service, do subscribe in your component, change your service as follows,
robotSummary(core_id, channel_name){
const params = new HttpParams()
var new_headers = {
'access-token': ' '
};
this.access_token = sessionStorage.getItem('access-token');
new_headers['access-token'] = this.access_token; const myObject: any = { core_id: core_id, channel_name: channel_name };
const httpParams: HttpParamsOptions = { fromObject: myObject } as HttpParamsOptions;
const options = { params: new HttpParams(httpParams), headers: new_headers };
return this.http.get(this.baseURL + 'web_app/robot_summary/', options)
.map((response: Response) => response);
}
and then in your component,
ngOnInit(){
this.api..getRobotSummary.robotSummary(this.core_id, this.channel_name).subscribe((data) => {
this.data = data;
console.log(this.data);
});
}