54472: Working post request with form-data (contains test code)

src/app/+collection-page/create-collection-page/create-collection-page.component.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { HttpEvent } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-create-collection',
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ export class CreateCollectionPageComponent {
           this.router.navigateByUrl('');
         }
       });
+      // this.collectionDataService.createSimple(collection).subscribe((httpEvent: HttpEvent<{}>) => {
+      //   console.log(httpEvent);
+      // });
     });
   }
 

src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { AuthService } from '../auth/auth.service';
 import { Community } from '../shared/community.model';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class CollectionDataService extends ComColDataService<NormalizedCollection, Collection> {
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ export class CollectionDataService extends ComColDataService<NormalizedCollectio
     protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
     protected halService: HALEndpointService,
     protected authService: AuthService,
-    protected notificationsService: NotificationsService
+    protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
+    protected http: HttpClient
   ) {
     super();
   }

src/app/core/data/community-data.service.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { PaginatedList } from './paginated-list';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class CommunityDataService extends ComColDataService<NormalizedCommunity, Community> {
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ export class CommunityDataService extends ComColDataService<NormalizedCommunity,
     protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
     protected halService: HALEndpointService,
     protected authService: AuthService,
-    protected notificationsService: NotificationsService
+    protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
+    protected http: HttpClient
   ) {
     super();
   }

src/app/core/data/data.service.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
 } from './request.models';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
-import { distinctUntilChanged, map, take, withLatestFrom } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { distinctUntilChanged, map, switchMap, take, withLatestFrom } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import {
   configureRequest,
   filterSuccessfulResponses,
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {
 } from '../shared/operators';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
 import { HttpOptions } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
-import { HttpHeaders } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { HttpClient, HttpEvent, HttpHeaders, HttpRequest } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { ErrorResponse, GenericSuccessResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
 import { AuthService } from '../auth/auth.service';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>
   protected abstract halService: HALEndpointService;
   protected abstract authService: AuthService;
   protected abstract notificationsService: NotificationsService;
+  protected abstract http: HttpClient;
 
   public abstract getScopedEndpoint(scope: string): Observable<string>
 
@@ -126,17 +127,12 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>
     const request$ = endpoint$.pipe(
       take(1),
       withLatestFrom(this.buildCreateBody(dso)),
-      map(([endpoint, formdata]) => {
-        const options: HttpOptions = Object.create({});
-        let headers = new HttpHeaders();
-        headers = headers.append('Content-Type','multipart/form-data');
-        options.headers = headers;
-        return new CreateRequest(requestId, endpoint, formdata, options);
-      }),
+      map(([endpoint, formdata]) => new CreateRequest(requestId, endpoint, this.buildFormData(formdata))),
       configureRequest(this.requestService)
     );
 
     const payload$ = request$.pipe(
+      take(1),
       map((request: RestRequest) => request.href),
       getResponseFromSelflink(this.responseCache),
       map((response: ResponseCacheEntry) => {
@@ -158,6 +154,31 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>
     return this.rdbService.toRemoteDataObservable(requestEntry$, responseCache$, payload$);
   }
 
+  public createSimple(dso: TDomain): Observable<HttpEvent<{}>> {
+    const endpoint$ = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath).pipe(
+      isNotEmptyOperator(),
+      distinctUntilChanged()
+    );
+
+    return endpoint$.pipe(
+      withLatestFrom(this.buildCreateBody(dso)),
+      switchMap(([endpoint, form]) => {
+        const req = new HttpRequest('POST', endpoint, this.buildFormData(form));
+        return this.http.request(req);
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
   public abstract buildCreateBody(dso: TDomain): Observable<any>;
 
+  protected buildFormData(form: any): FormData {
+    const formdata = new FormData();
+    for (const param in form) {
+      if (form.hasOwnProperty(param)) {
+        formdata.append(param, form[param]);
+      }
+    }
+    return formdata;
+  }
+
 }

src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { RemoteData } from './remote-data';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { AuthService } from '../auth/auth.service';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 class DataServiceImpl extends DataService<NormalizedDSpaceObject, DSpaceObject> {
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ class DataServiceImpl extends DataService<NormalizedDSpaceObject, DSpaceObject>
     protected store: Store<CoreState>,
     protected halService: HALEndpointService,
     protected authService: AuthService,
-    protected notificationsService: NotificationsService) {
+    protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
+    protected http: HttpClient) {
     super();
   }
 
@@ -51,8 +53,9 @@ export class DSpaceObjectDataService {
     protected rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService,
     protected halService: HALEndpointService,
     protected authService: AuthService,
-    protected notificationsService: NotificationsService) {
-    this.dataService = new DataServiceImpl(null, requestService, rdbService, null, halService, authService, notificationsService);
+    protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
+    protected http: HttpClient) {
+    this.dataService = new DataServiceImpl(null, requestService, rdbService, null, halService, authService, notificationsService, http);
   }
 
   findById(uuid: string): Observable<RemoteData<DSpaceObject>> {

src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
 import { AuthService } from '../auth/auth.service';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class ItemDataService extends DataService<NormalizedItem, Item> {
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ export class ItemDataService extends DataService<NormalizedItem, Item> {
     private bs: BrowseService,
     protected halService: HALEndpointService,
     protected authService: AuthService,
-    protected notificationsService: NotificationsService) {
+    protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
+    protected http: HttpClient) {
     super();
   }
 

src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class RequestEffects {
     }),
     map((entry: RequestEntry) => entry.request),
     flatMap((request: RestRequest) => {
-      let body;
+      let body = request.body;
       if (isNotEmpty(request.body)) {
         const serializer = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(NormalizedObjectFactory.getConstructor(request.body.type));
         body = serializer.serialize(request.body);