(TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of null at HttpHeaders.applyUpdate) Angular 5, Http Client

Question

I'm getting this reponse when making an http request in service.

Here's the Login component

export class LoginComponent {
  credentials: Credentials;

  constructor(
    private auth: AuthService,
    @Inject(UserService) private userService: UserService,
    @Inject(HttpClient) private http: HttpClient,
    private auth0: Auth0Service
  ) {}

  onLogin(credentials) {
    const sendReq = this.userService.login(credentials);
}

I've added UserService in providers in App.module

Here's the UserService

@Injectable()
export class UserService {
  constructor(
    @Inject(Auth0Service) private authService: Auth0Service,
    protected http: HttpClient // @Inject(HttpClient) protected http: HttpClient
  ) {}
  login(credentials): Observable<any> {
    console.log(credentials);
    console.log(credentials.username);
    this.http
      .post("http://localhost:3000/api/Users/login", {
        username: credentials.username,
        password: credentials.password
      })
      .subscribe(
        data => {
          console.log(data);
        },
        err => {
          console.log("Something went wrong!");
          console.log(err);
        }
      );
    return credentials;
    // this.auth.login(credentials);
  }
}

Here's the console

    at MergeMapSubscriber._innerSub (mergeMap.js:138)
    user.service.ts:14 
{username: "hamzakpt", password: "hamza"}
    user.service.ts:15
 hamzakpt
    user.service.ts:26 Something went wrong!

    user.service.ts:27
 TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of null
        at HttpHeaders.applyUpdate (http.js:308)
        at eval (http.js:255)
        at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
        at HttpHeaders.init (http.js:255)
        at HttpHeaders.forEach (http.js:354)
        at Observable.eval [as _subscribe] (http.js:2153)
        at Observable._trySubscribe (Observable.js:172)
        at Observable.subscribe (Observable.js:160)
        at subscribeToResult (subscribeToResult.js:23)
        at MergeMapSubscriber._innerSub (mergeMap.js:138)

The same get request works in LoginComponent but not in UserService. UserService is global service while Login is in a different module.

I've also added HTTPClientModule in app.module and Login Module.

Answer 1

Don't set Null value in Header

I faced this kind of issue. The problem was in header, I was pushing null value i.e.

cloned = req.clone({
    headers: req.headers.append('token', token) // token = null
})

to fix this, I check token before setting into header i.e.

if (token) {
    cloned = req.clone({
        headers: req.headers.append('token', token)
    })
}