Is @angular/http still maintained?
No — @angular/http stopped being maintained around May 2019. @angular/http's functionality was absorbed into @angular/common.
- Status
- No longer maintained
- Last maintained
- May 2019
- Use instead
@angular/common— on npm- Succession
- Absorbed elsewhere
- Drop-in
- no — expect code changes
- Confidence
- high
What should I use instead of @angular/http?
@angular/http's functionality was absorbed into @angular/common. @angular/common is not a drop-in replacement, so expect to change call sites.
How to migrate from @angular/http to @angular/common
Import HttpClientModule from @angular/common/http and inject HttpClient. Drop the manual .json() call on responses, since HttpClient parses JSON by default.
Why @angular/http is on this list
Angular's original HTTP client was folded into @angular/common as HttpClientModule in Angular 4.3, and the standalone @angular/http package was removed in Angular 8. The npm package carries a deprecation notice pointing at @angular/common, and the v8 deprecations guide states that the entire @angular/http package has been removed. Its final release, 7.2.16, shipped in January 2020.
The succession is settled: primary sources agree and the ecosystem has already moved.
@angular/http alternatives
The dataset lists no second option: @angular/common is where the ecosystem went, and nothing else has meaningful adoption.
Check your own project for @angular/http
npx dead-deps --all --min-state unmaintainedRun that in the directory holding your lockfile. If @angular/http is anywhere in your tree — a direct dependency or buried under something else — it appears in the report with this verdict, this successor and the same evidence links, alongside anything else that has stopped moving. Nothing is uploaded; the scan reads your lockfile locally and queries public registry metadata.
Exit code 1 means something was flagged, which makes npx dead-deps --min-state deprecated usable as a CI gate. See how verdicts are produced.
Evidence
Every claim on this page traces to a primary source. Check them:
- npm deprecation notice on @angular/httpnpmjs.com
- Angular v8 deprecations guide: "The entire @angular/http package has been removed. Use @angular/common/http instead."github.com
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See the full index of covered packages, or read the methodology for how a verdict is reached and why a quiet package is not a dead one.