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newRequest() {

    const request = new HttpRequest(
        "POST", "/api/progress-request", {}, 
         {reportProgress: true});

    this.http.request(request)
        .subscribe(
            event => {

                if (event.type === HttpEventType.DownloadProgress) {
                    console.log("Download progress", event);
                }

                if (event.type === HttpEventType.UploadProgress) {
                    console.log("Upload progress", event);
                }

                if (event.type === HttpEventType.Response) {
                    console.log("Response received", event.body);
                }

            }
        );
}