I believe you need to map the result before you subscribe to it. You configure it like this:
updateProfileInformation(user: User) {
var headers = new Headers();
headers.append('Content-Type', this.constants.jsonContentType);
var t = localStorage.getItem("accessToken");
headers.append("Authorization", "Bearer " + t;
var body = JSON.stringify(user);
return this.http.post(this.constants.userUrl + "UpdateUser", body, { headers: headers })
.map((response: Response) => {
var result = response.json();
return result;
})
.catch(this.handleError)
.subscribe(
status => this.statusMessage = status,
error => this.errorMessage = error,
() => this.completeUpdateUser()
);
}