Angular Jasmine Integration Test with service using real HTTP - unit-testing

Question

[Angular version: 2.4.5]
I'm attempting to write an Angular integration component unit test that contains a service that leverages the built-in Angular HTTP library. I cannot get my Service class to instantiate though: either the Service is undefined or I get "Error: Cannot resolve all parameters for 'RequestOptions'(?)".
I understand that typically you'd mock the backend (have successfully done that in other unit tests) or use Protractor. Other SO questions reference Angular 1 or have answers that just don't seem to work. Starting code:
#Injectable()
export class ProjectService {
projectFeature: IProjectFeature;
constructor(private http: Http) { }
getProjects(): Observable<IProjects> {
return this.http.get("/api/Projects")
.map((response: Response) => response.json() || {})
.catch(this.handleError);
}
}
// Jasmine spec file:
beforeEach(async(() => {
TestBed.configureTestingModule({
providers: [
Http,
ProjectService, // service that leverages HTTP
ConnectionBackend
//RequestOptions // removed b/c otherwise can't find parameters error happens
],
imports: [
HttpModule
]
});
}));
it('sample test', async(() => {
var projectService = TestBed.get(ProjectService);
var comp = new ProjectComponent(projectService);
comp.ngOnInit(); // internally, calls projectService.getProjects()
expect(comp.projects[0].name).toEqual("Sample Project Name");
}));

Answer 1

HttpModule module should be provided in TestBed module configuration. After that, Http performs real XHR requests, no extra actions needed, a demo:
beforeEach(() => {
TestBed.resetTestEnvironment();
TestBed.initTestEnvironment(
BrowserDynamicTestingModule,
platformBrowserDynamicTesting()
);
TestBed.configureTestingModule({
imports: [
HttpModule
]
});
});
it('should do XHR', async(inject([Http], (http) => {
http.get('test.json').subscribe(res => {
expect(res.json()).toBe(1);
});
})));