# HTTP plugin is not installed **URL:** \ **Category:** ionic-v3\ **Created:** [June 16, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579 "2017-06-16T00:00:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mcelogomes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@Mcelogomes](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Mcelogomes)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/1 "2017-06-16T00:00:56Z")
# Error I install native http using this tutorial. > **[Ionic Framework](https://ionicframework.com/docs/native/http/)** > > Ionic is the app platform for web developers. Build amazing mobile, web, and desktop apps all with one shared code base and open web standards $ ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-http $ npm install --save @ionic-native/http And I get this erro. [20:49:03] console.warn: Native: tried calling HTTP.get, but the HTTP plugin is not installed. [20:49:03] console.warn: Install the HTTP plugin: ‘ionic plugin add cordova-plugin-http’ ### My Ionic Info global packages: ``` @ionic/cli-utils : 1.4.0 Cordova CLI : 7.0.1 Ionic CLI : 3.4.0 ``` local packages: ``` @ionic/app-scripts : 1.3.7 @ionic/cli-plugin-cordova : 1.4.0 @ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular : 1.3.1 Cordova Platforms : ios 4.4.0 Ionic Framework : ionic-angular 3.4.0 ``` System: ``` Node : v7.8.0 OS : macOS Sierra Xcode : Xcode 8.3.3 Build version 8E3004b ios-deploy : 1.7.0 ios-sim : 6.0.0 npm : 4.2.0 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Sujan12](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/sujan12/32/108395_2.png) [@Sujan12](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Sujan12)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/2 "2017-06-16T08:50:55Z")
- How are you testing? - What does `ionic cordova plugin list` return? - Is there a good reason why you are using the HTTP native plugin and not Angular’s http? ---
**Author:** ![Mcelogomes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@Mcelogomes](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Mcelogomes)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/3 "2017-06-16T17:39:03Z")
Im using ios emulator. cordova-plugin-compat 1.1.0 "Compat" cordova-plugin-console 1.0.5 "Console" cordova-plugin-device 1.1.4 "Device" cordova-plugin-file 4.3.3 "File" cordova-plugin-http 1.2.0 "SSL Pinning" cordova-plugin-splashscreen 4.0.3 "Splashscreen" cordova-plugin-statusbar 2.2.2 "StatusBar" cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.3.1 "Whitelist" ionic-plugin-keyboard 2.2.1 “Keyboard” HTTP is the first plugin a tried. There is a good reason to not using this plugin? ---
**Author:** ![rapropos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/rapropos/32/100227_2.png) [@rapropos](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/rapropos)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/4 "2017-06-16T20:50:46Z")
> [@Mcelogomes](#): > > There is a good reason to not using this plugin? Angular’s Http is more friendly. ---
**Author:** ![Sujan12](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/sujan12/32/108395_2.png) [@Sujan12](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Sujan12)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/5 "2017-06-16T21:38:20Z")
Exactly, if there is no good reason, look into this: [https://angular.io/guide/http](https://angular.io/guide/http) ---
**Author:** ![rogeliotrejo13](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/rogeliotrejo13/32/112900_2.png) [@rogeliotrejo13](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/rogeliotrejo13)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/6 "2017-09-06T00:48:48Z")
I have the same issue, install and reinstall and only get this warn console.warn: Native: tried calling HTTP.get, but the HTTP plugin is not installed. 😡😡😡😡 ---
**Author:** ![SigmundFroyd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/sigmundfroyd/32/111604_2.png) [@SigmundFroyd](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/SigmundFroyd)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/7 "2017-09-06T01:17:30Z")
As has been stated before, do you have a particular reason to use the native HTTP plugin rather than the Angular one? ---
**Author:** ![rogeliotrejo13](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/rogeliotrejo13/32/112900_2.png) [@rogeliotrejo13](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/rogeliotrejo13)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/8 "2017-09-06T01:19:49Z")
Ionic native, Ionic 3 ---
**Author:** ![SigmundFroyd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/sigmundfroyd/32/111604_2.png) [@SigmundFroyd](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/SigmundFroyd)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/9 "2017-09-06T01:24:32Z")
What I mean is that Angular’s HTTP fulfills at least 95% of use cases, and is far easier to use. So do you specifically have a use case that is in the last 5%? ---
**Author:** ![wedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6a8cbe/32.png) [@wedo](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/wedo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/10 "2017-09-11T19:46:35Z")
If you have multiple simultaneous requests to the same server Chrome stalls the connections. Native HTTP calls can help there. ---
**Author:** ![wedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6a8cbe/32.png) [@wedo](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/wedo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/11 "2017-09-11T19:51:56Z")
Have the same issue ☹ . The question is not about using Angular’s http request or not. There is an Ionic Native Plugin and it’s not working. **My Ionic info is:** cli packages: ``` @ionic/cli-utils : 1.6.0 ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.6.0 ``` global packages: ``` Cordova CLI : 7.0.1 ``` local packages: ``` @ionic/app-scripts : 1.3.12 @ionic/cli-plugin-cordova : 1.4.0 @ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular : 1.3.1 Cordova Platforms : android 6.2.3 browser 4.1.0 ios 4.4.0 Ionic Framework : ionic-angular 3.5.0 ``` System: ``` Android SDK Tools : 25.2.5 Node : v7.10.0 OS : OS X El Capitan Xcode : Xcode 8.1 Build version 8B62 ios-deploy : 1.9.0 ios-sim : 5.0.13 npm : 4.2.0 ``` ---
**Author:** ![wedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6a8cbe/32.png) [@wedo](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/wedo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/12 "2017-09-11T21:27:55Z")
The Ionic Native HTTP changed the cordova plugin they are using since the old one hasn’t been updated for a while. During the change the reference to the plugin has’t been updated so it’s broken. (See: [plugin\_not\_installed error with ionic · Issue #8 · silkimen/cordova-plugin-advanced-http · GitHub](https://github.com/silkimen/cordova-plugin-advanced-http/issues/8)) You can fix it by changing the old referenced plugin to new one: (After the commit also updating the plugin will fix the issue) in @ionic-native/plugins/http/index.ts: change: > pluginRef: ‘cordovaHTTP’, to: > pluginRef: ‘cordova.plugin.http’, See commit: [Plugin ref fix · danielsogl/awesome-cordova-plugins@49ee0d8 · GitHub](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-native/commit/49ee0d85a304770a9a3bd3e04eb9609e6d565b67) ---
**Author:** ![metalliza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@metalliza](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/metalliza)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/13 "2017-09-26T04:40:07Z")
Thank you. It worked. I installed the plugin just yesterday, but it is still wrong. ---
**Author:** ![mtsecurit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@mtsecurit](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mtsecurit)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/14 "2018-02-06T13:23:22Z")
Can I make a request to a fixed url with angulars HTTP. So not relative but like this [https://anydomain.com/api/thing](https://anydomain.com/api/thing) Will I not run into CORs issues with that? Or is there a way around it using angular HTTP? Keep in mind that I do not have control over the code or response from the URL. ---
**Author:** ![maruti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/maruti/32/103634_2.png) [@maruti](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/maruti)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/15 "2018-03-19T05:58:53Z")
Is anyone still facing the issue? I am getting a same error now ```auto Native: tried calling HTTP.setDataSerializer, but the HTTP plugin is not installed. Install the HTTP plugin: 'ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-advanced-http' ``` My ionic info ```auto cli packages: (/usr/local/lib/node_modules) @ionic/cli-utils : 1.19.2 ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.20.0 global packages: cordova (Cordova CLI) : 7.1.0 local packages: @ionic/app-scripts : 3.1.8 Cordova Platforms : android 6.3.0 ios 4.5.4 Ionic Framework : ionic-angular 3.9.2 System: ios-deploy : 1.9.2 ios-sim : 6.1.2 Node : v9.3.0 npm : 5.5.1 OS : macOS High Sierra Xcode : Xcode 9.2 Build version 9C40b ``` and my plugin and node module version ```auto cordova-plugin-advanced-http@1.11.0 @ionic-native/core@4.5.3 @ionic-native/http@4.5.3 ``` Any help please? ---
**Author:** ![tokuhara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@tokuhara](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/tokuhara)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/16 "2018-04-06T01:34:18Z")
@maruti I think the platform is not ready when you call it. Try wrap it inside a platform.ready(). ---
**Author:** ![vibinflogesoft](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/vibinflogesoft/32/117525_2.png) [@vibinflogesoft](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/vibinflogesoft)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/17 "2018-04-06T06:10:34Z")
Hi@Mcelogomes My suggestion is to install like this and also import it to your root module like `import { HTTP } from '@ionic-native/http';` ```auto ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-advanced-http npm install --save @ionic-native/http ``` ---
**Author:** ![daminivyas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@daminivyas](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/daminivyas)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/18 "2020-04-09T08:25:01Z")
Thanks @tokuhara, your solution worked for me. ---
**Author:** ![mhartington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/mhartington/32/137757_2.png) [@mhartington](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mhartington)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/http-plugin-is-not-installed/94579/19 "2021-07-19T21:01:15Z")