René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Http Backlog","articleBody":"Prioritized list of features and issues to take care of relating to the `Http` library.\n## Closed\n- [x] #2816 _chore(http): add XMLHttpRequest as type on XHRConnection_\n- [x] #2810 _feat(http): simple, dynamic retrying of failed requests_\n## Implemented\n- [x] #2564 _refactor(Http): remove HttpFactory_\n- [x] #2415 _feat(http): EventEmitter and Dart support_\n- [x] #2818 _feat(http): add JsonP and JsonPBackend_\n- [x] #2680 _refactor(http): move http into its own module as sibling of angular2_\n- [x] #3365 _fix(http): cannot use jsonpInjectables and httpInjectables in same injector_\n- [x] #2417 _feat(http): implement support for headers and url params objects in http_\n- [x] #2635 _http should complete after response_\n- [x] #2904 _chore(http): convert RequestMethods to const list_\n- [x] #3110 _feat(Observable): swap underlying RxJS implementation used by EventEmitter with RxJS-Next_ (Blocked by RxJS alpha release)\n- [x] #3339 _chore(http): remove unused properties from Request and Response_\n- [x] #2788 _Http class requires `@Inject` decorator to be injected when using TypeScript_\n- [x] #4245 _fix(http): should throw an exception if input to `http.request` is not string or `Request`_\n- [x] #2800 _feat(http): implement error propagation in XHRBackend_\n- [x] #4043 _Http requests should be lazy / cold Observables_\n- [x] #2840 _feat(http): accept string for method in RequestOptions class and interface_\n- [x] #2794 @robwormald  M38  _feat(http): directly return RxJS Observable or Dart Stream from Http \n  methods_\n- [x] #4588 _Fix async pipe so it works with Http / proper Observables_\n- [x] #5015 Fix Connection.response typedef to Observable\u003cResponse\u003e\n## Blocked\n- [ ] #2684 Needs design _RFC: Http interceptors and transformers_\n- [ ] #2822 Needs design _feat(http): helpers/guides for short polling_\n- [ ] Security features (No issue yet, needs design)\n## In Progress/Current Milestone\n## Ready to Implement\n\nOrdered roughly by a factor of priority \u0026 level of effort\n- [ ] #2554 _refactor(http): move mock_backend to test_lib module_\n- [ ] #4472 _refactor(http): convert Connection interface to be Observable of Response_\n- [ ] #4231 _feat(http): add support for withCredentials_\n- [ ] #2897 _feat(http): support use by AngularJS 1.x applications_\n- [ ] #2806 _chore(http): assert that url is present in RequestOptions when creating a Request_\n- [ ] #2609 _perf(http): Provide means to optimize response parsing_\n- [ ] #2803 _feat(http): Support many types of body on Request/Response and all ConnectionBackend implementations_\n- [ ] #2903 _feat(http): automatically set request Content-Type header based on body type_\n- [ ] #2812 _feat(http): add timeout support to `Request`_\n- [ ] #2795 _feat(http): implement streaming upload/download_\n- [ ] #2799 _refactor(http): only use readyState in mock connection_\n- [ ] #3513 _refactor(http): rename URLSearchParams to something else_\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jeffbcross","@type":"Person","name":"jeffbcross"},"datePublished":"2015-06-30T21:47:21.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":10},"url":"https://github.com/2793/angular/issues/2793"}