I'm currently experiencing a similar issue as I navigate through the world of Angular and TypeScript.
Upon investigation, I have found that the source of the error lies in the discrepancy between variable names used during HTTP POST requests and those expected by the API. Due to naming conventions in JavaScript and TypeScript, variables are sent with an underscore prefix, which can cause confusion.
For instance, my API anticipates a field named "{description:string}", but the request body from my Angular client sends "_description: Some description" instead of "description: Some description". This mismatch leads to a NullPointerException in my API when it receives a null request body.
To resolve this issue, manually adjusting the request body to match the expected field names without underscores like "{description:Some description}" ensures a successful request.
let data = {description: 'some description'}
this.http.post(`${this.baseUrl}/api`, data, {headers: {'Content-Type':"application/json"}});
In my class definition, the object is structured as follows:
export class SomeExampleClass{
constructor(private _description: string ) {
}
get description(): string {
return this._description;
}
set description(value: string) {
this._description = value;
}
Subsequently, executing the http Post request with this setup:
let data = new SomeExampleClass("some description")
this.http.post(`${this.baseUrl}/api`, data, {headers: {'Content-Type':"application/json"}});
console.log(data)
Results in the following log output:
Object {_description: "some description"}
Ultimately, this inconsistency triggers Error 500 due to the discrepancy between the request body sent and the API's expectations.