Angular HttpClient plaintext (text/plain) minimal example

In order for Angular’s HttpClient to process plaintext responses and not result in an error, you need to set responseType: 'text' in the options(which is the second parameter to .get(). Otherwise, Angular will try to parse the plaintext response, even if the response MIME type is set to text/plain.

getPlaintext(command: string): Observable<string> {
  return this.http.get(`/api/text`, { responseType: 'text' });
}

Full service example

import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';

@Injectable({
  providedIn: 'root'
})
export class PlaintextService {

  constructor(private http: HttpClient) { }
  
  getPlaintext(command: string): Observable<string> {
    return this.http.get(`/api/text`, { responseType: 'text' });
  }
}