Angular HttpClient return expecting observable

Typecast your httpOptions

private httpOptions: {
    headers: HttpHeaders
};

The typescript compiler is pulling the wrong get method type (src)

/**
* Construct a GET request which interprets the body as JSON and returns the full event stream.
*
* @return an `Observable` of all `HttpEvent`s for the request, with a body type of `T`.
*/
get<T>(url: string, options: {
    headers?: HttpHeaders | {[header: string]: string | string[]},
    observe: 'events',
    params?: HttpParams|{[param: string]: string | string[]},
    reportProgress?: boolean,
    responseType?: 'json',
    withCredentials?: boolean,
}): Observable<HttpEvent<T>>;

When you specify the type with headers, it pulls the correct type. (src)

/**
* Construct a GET request which interprets the body as JSON and returns it.
*
* @return an `Observable` of the body as type `T`.
*/
get<T>(url: string, options?: {
    headers?: HttpHeaders | {[header: string]: string | string[]},
    observe?: 'body',
    params?: HttpParams|{[param: string]: string | string[]},
    reportProgress?: boolean,
    responseType?: 'json',
    withCredentials?: boolean,
}): Observable<T>;