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Ionic Cookbook

You're reading from   Ionic Cookbook Recipes to create cutting-edge, real-time hybrid mobile apps with Ionic

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788623230
Length 390 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Indermohan Singh Indermohan Singh
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Creating Our First App with Ionic 2. Adding Ionic Components FREE CHAPTER 3. Extending Ionic with Angular Building Blocks 4. Validating Forms and Making HTTP Requests 5. Adding Animation 6. User Authentication and Push Notifications 7. Supporting Device Functionalities Using Ionic Native 8. Theming the App 9. Advanced Topics 10. Publishing the App for Different Platforms 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Retrieving data via a mocked API using a static JSON file

As a frontend and app developer, you are often working with a team where someone else is responsible for the backend APIs. However, it's not always possible to have the backend available when you are developing the frontend. You have to simulate the backend in scenarios where the final backend APIs are not ready.

In this recipe, you will learn how to call a REST API using the HttpClient service. The API endpoint will be just a static JSON located on your local machine. You will also learn how to leverage placeholder images to meet design requirements. The app will show a list of image feeds and a description, as shown in the following screenshot:

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