Angular 6 - NullInjectorError: No provider for HttpClient in unit tests

Question

I am importing and using HttpClient in a service as follows:

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

@Injectable({
    providedIn: 'root',
})
export class MyService {
    constructor(private http: HttpClient) { }

    getData() {
        return this.http.get("url...");
    }
}

However, when I run ng test for my unit tests, and when those tests use the service, I am getting the error:

Error: StaticInjectorError(DynamicTestModule)[HttpClient]: 
  StaticInjectorError(Platform: core)[HttpClient]: 
    NullInjectorError: No provider for HttpClient!

The Angular 6 documentation on HTTP just says to do what I did above.

Solution

import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
import { HttpClientTestingModule, HttpTestingController } from '@angular/common/http/testing';
import {HttpClientModule} from '@angular/common/http';
import { myService } from './myservice';


describe('myService', () => {

      beforeEach(() => TestBed.configureTestingModule({
        imports: [HttpClientTestingModule], 
        providers: [myService]
      }));

       it('should be created', () => {
        const service: myService = TestBed.get(myService);
        expect(service).toBeTruthy();
       });

       it('should have getData function', () => {
        const service: myService = TestBed.get(myService);
        expect(service.getData).toBeTruthy();
       });

    });

Comments

[Kingamere]

Thanks, I just needed to add HttpClientTestingModule to the imports array in the configureTestingModule method.

[The Dead Man]

Yes, I wanted to just post that but I said let make it full , am happy it helped

[Salvatore Pannozzo Capodiferro]

working for me, I was aspecting to add the module in the main test instead it must be added in the test of the service

[iowatiger08]

This helped but import {HttpClientModule} from '@angular/common/http'; is not necessary since the test class does not actually use it.

[Takatalvi]

The user asks for unit testing... not using it in a service

[Hassan Raza]

Thanks! This worked for me in Angular 9. import { HttpClientTestingModule, HttpTestingController } from '@angular/common/http/testing'; beforeEach(() => TestBed.configureTestingModule({ imports: [HttpClientTestingModule], providers: [myService] }));

[Tinashe]

I spent most of my time trying to figure out how to create Jasmine Spy HttpClient object until I found this solution. Thanks.

[bob]

A description of what the solution adds--why it works, would be helpful. Without words, I'm forced to do a visual diff between OP's post and this answer.