I am finally able to get started using SPFx. Stuck on 2016 / SPFx 1.1.
The documentation for the HttpClient
class says it's in the @microsoft/sp-http
package. However, the Yeoman generator did not include that package when I scaffolded out a new 2016/1.1 project.
I can get to IWebPartContext
in @microsoft/sp-webpart-base
, and pass a context object from the outer web part into a component. And the context object has a httpClient
property. However, to make web requests, I gather that I will need to use some other classes (notably HttpClientResponse
if I want to get anything back from the server).
Where are those classes, if not in @microsoft/sp-http
? I am assuming the generator did not include a dependency to that package because that package is not compatible with v1.1? Or do I need to just add it myself?
Here are the packages the Yeoman generator added by default:
"dependencies": {
"@microsoft/sp-core-library": "~1.1.0",
"@microsoft/sp-lodash-subset": "~1.1.0",
"@microsoft/sp-office-ui-fabric-core": "~1.4.0-0",
"@microsoft/sp-webpart-base": "~1.1.0",
"@types/es6-promise": "0.0.33",
"@types/react": "0.14.46",
"@types/react-addons-shallow-compare": "0.14.17",
"@types/react-addons-test-utils": "0.14.15",
"@types/react-addons-update": "0.14.14",
"@types/react-dom": "0.14.18",
"@types/webpack-env": "1.13.1",
"react": "15.4.2",
"react-dom": "15.4.2"
},
"resolutions": {
"@types/react": "0.14.46"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@microsoft/sp-build-web": "~1.1.0",
"@microsoft/sp-module-interfaces": "~1.1.0",
"@microsoft/sp-webpart-workbench": "~1.1.0",
"@types/chai": "3.4.34",
"@types/mocha": "2.2.38",
"ajv": "~5.2.2",
"gulp": "~3.9.1"
}
package.json
file. Just add this statement :import { HttpClient, HttpClientResponse } from "@microsoft/sp-http";
in your webpart and it will work