typescript - Type 'void' is not assignable to type 'ObservableInput<{}>'

Question

This error started to pop up after I migrated to TS 2.2.2, so I'm assuming that's the problem... The code did not stop working, but now I receive that error and I tried a few things like returning an empty observable, catching the re-thrown exception and returning an object, nothing seemed to work. Why is this happening now? Shouldn't it understand I'm re-throwing the exception and not expect a return? Am I misreading the error?

This is the complete error description:

Here's the complete code:

return request
    .map((res: Response) => res.json())
    .catch((error: any) => {
        // todo: log?

        if (error.status == 500) {
            this.alertService.showError(error.statusText);
        } else if (error.status == 588) {
            this.alertService.showAlert(error.statusText);
        }

        Observable.throw(error.statusText);
    });

I tried returning the Observable, but my wrapper method expects a return of type T, which is the return of my deserialized request (map(...)). If I do return the throw this is the error I get:

[ts] Type 'Observable' is not assignable to type 'T'

I'm using:

• Angular4
• Typescript 2.2.2

Answer 1

you have to return the Observable

 return request
    .map((res: Response) => res.json())
    .catch((error: any) => {
        // todo: log?

        if (error.status == 500) {
            this.alertService.showError(error.statusText);
        } else if (error.status == 588) {
            this.alertService.showAlert(error.statusText);
        }

        return Observable.throw(error.statusText);
    });