Angular REST Data from service to component

Question

I need help figuring out why my data isn't populating in the HTML. I'm sure it's something dumb but I can't figure it out. And I apologize if I left anything out and will gladly include it.

Below is the console results:

undefined
core.js:13606 Angular is running in the development mode. Call enableProdMode() to enable the production mode.

below is the JSON i'm GETting through postman:

GET: http://localhost:3000/api/posts/

{
    "postName": "Fun in the Sun",
    "postDate": "10/23/1993",
    "caption": "Hear all about my trip to lalaland",
    "mainImage": "https://placeholder.net/20x20",
    "suppementalImage1": "https:// placeholder.net/20x20",
    "suppementalImage2": "https:// placeholder.net/20x20",
    "suppementalImage3": "https:// placeholder.net/20x20",
    "suppementalImage4": "https:// placeholder.net/20x20",
    "suppementalImage5": "https:// placeholder.net/20x20",
    "suppementalImage6": "https:// placeholder.net/20x20",
    "content": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Voluptates deleniti quas dolorem quis nulla debitis praesentium dolores eveniet aliquam! At expedita vel consequatur, sit laboriosam ducimus molestiae recusandae ipsam sunt.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Voluptates deleniti quas dolorem quis nulla debitis praesentium dolores eveniet aliquam! At expedita vel consequatur, sit laboriosam ducimus molestiae recusandae ipsam sunt.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Voluptates deleniti quas dolorem quis nulla debitis praesentium dolores eveniet aliquam! At expedita vel consequatur, sit laboriosam ducimus molestiae recusandae ipsam sunt."
}

posts.service.ts

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Http, Headers } from '@angular/http';
import { Observable, Subject, asapScheduler, pipe, of, from, interval, merge, fromEvent, SubscriptionLike, PartialObserver } from 'rxjs';
import { Post } from '../models/post'
import { map } from 'rxjs/operators'
@Injectable({
  providedIn: 'root'
})
export class PostsService {

  constructor(private http: Http) { }

  private serverApi = 'http://localhost:3000';

  public getAllPosts(): Observable<Post[]> {
    let URI = `${this.serverApi}/api/posts/`;
    return this.http.get(URI)
      .pipe(map(res => res.json()))
      .pipe(map(res => <Post[]>res.posts));
  }

}

latests-posts.component.ts

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { PostsService } from '../services/posts.service';
import { Post } from '../models/post';
@Component({
  selector: 'app-latest-posts',
  templateUrl: './latest-posts.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./latest-posts.component.css']
})
export class LatestPostsComponent implements OnInit {
  private posts: Post[] = []; //creats a private variable of posts with type of model List an creates an empty array
  constructor(private postServ: PostsService) { };

  ngOnInit() {
    this.loadPosts()
    console.log(this.loadPosts()); //loads all lists on init
  };

  public loadPosts() {
    this.postServ.getAllPosts().subscribe(response => this.posts = response)
  };


}

latest-posts.component.html

<table id="table">
    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th>Priority Level</th>
        <th>Title</th>
        <th>Description</th>

      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr *ngFor="let post of posts">
        <td>{{post.name}}</td>
        <td>{{post.date}}</td>
        <td>{{posts.caption}}</td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>

Answer 1

In your API results there is no property with name "posts", though you have applied pipe to map res.posts, which will give you undefined.

Instead, you should return only json from service.

Example: posts.service.ts

public getAllPosts(): Observable<any> {
    let URI = `${this.serverApi}/api/posts/`;
    return this.http.get(URI)
      .pipe(map(res => res.json()));
  }

If you want to type cast your data at component, you can define its type at the time of subscribing it. like below.

component.ts

public loadPosts() {
    this.postServ.getAllPosts().subscribe((response: Post[]) => {
       if(Array.isArray(response))
          this.posts = response
       else {
          this.posts = [];
          this.posts.push(response);
       }
    })
 }

Answer 2

The API call is an async function and need time to resolve. It's missing an ngif in the HTML, so the DOM is updated, when the data arrives.

Something like

<div *ngIf="posts.length > 0"> Content to render when condition is true.</div>