Property 'catch' does not exist on type 'Observable<any>'

On the Angular 2 documentation page for using the Http service, there is an example.

getHeroes (): Observable {
  return this.http.get(this.url)
                  .map(this.extractData)
                  .catch(this.handleError);
}

I cloned the angular2-webpack-starter project and added the above code myself.

I imported Observable using

import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';

I'm assuming the properties Observable are imported as well (.map works). Looked at the changelog for rxjs.beta-6 and nothing is mentioned about catch.

Warning: This solution is deprecated since Angular 5.5, please refer to Trent's answer below

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Yes, you need to import the operator:

import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';

Or import Observable this way:

import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Rx';

But in this case, you import all operators.

See this question for more details:

• Angular HTTP GET with TypeScript error http.get(...).map is not a function in [null]

Stack Overflow Q#37073705, score: 253