What are observable creation functions?

RxJS provides creation functions for the process of creating observables from things such as promises, events, timers and Ajax requests. Let us explain each of them with an example,

  1. Create an observable from a promise
import { from } from 'rxjs'; // from function
const data = from(fetch('/api/endpoint')); //Created from Promise
data.subscribe({
next(response) {
console.log(response);
},
error(err) {
console.error('Error: ' + err);
},
complete() {
console.log('Completed');
},
});
  1. Create an observable that creates an AJAX request
import { ajax } from 'rxjs/ajax'; // ajax function
const apiData = ajax('/api/data'); // Created from AJAX request
// Subscribe to create the request
apiData.subscribe((res) => console.log(res.status, res.response));
  1. Create an observable from a counter
import { interval } from 'rxjs'; // interval function
const secondsCounter = interval(1000); // Created from Counter value
secondsCounter.subscribe((n) => console.log(`Counter value: ${n}`));
  1. Create an observable from an event
import { fromEvent } from 'rxjs';
const el = document.getElementById('custom-element');
const mouseMoves = fromEvent(el, 'mousemove');
const subscription = mouseMoves.subscribe((e: MouseEvent) => {
console.log(`Coordnitaes of mouse pointer: ${e.clientX} * ${e.clientY}`);
});

April 01, 2022
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