Ionic 3 How to ensure db data fetched before view is loaded

Question

I\'m using token based authentication and token is already saved on DB.

When app starts, I need to fetch the token from DB and make it available before making API ca

Answer 1

I have implemented above use case in this way.

I have created ApiService for CRUD like below.That code is self-explanatory and if you need more info please let me know.

api-service.ts

import { Injectable, } from '@angular/core';
import { Http, Response } from '@angular/http';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
import { Headers, RequestOptions, BaseRequestOptions } from '@angular/http';
import { Storage } from '@ionic/storage';
import { Events } from 'ionic-angular';

@Injectable()
export class ApiService {

    constructor(private http: Http, private storage: Storage, private events: Events) { }

    createHeader(headers: Headers) {
        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
            this.storage.get('loggedInUser')
                .then((token: any) => {
                    if (token) headers.append('Authorization', 'token ' + token.token);
                    resolve(headers);
                }, err => {
                    resolve(headers);
                });
        });
    }

    get(api) {
        let header = new Headers();
        return Observable.fromPromise(this.createHeader(header))
            .map(() => {
                let options = new BaseRequestOptions();
                options.withCredentials = true;
                options.headers = header;
                return options
            })
            .switchMap((options) => this.http.get(api, options))
            .catch((err: Error | Response) => {
                if (err instanceof Response && err.status === 401) {
                    this.events.publish('token-expiration');
                }
                return Observable.throw(err);
            });
    }

    post(url, params): Observable {
        return new Observable(observer => {
            let header = new Headers();
            this.createHeader(header)
                .then(() => {
                    let options = new RequestOptions({ headers: header });
                    this.http.post(url, params, options)
                        .subscribe(response => {
                            observer.next(response);
                            observer.complete();
                        }, (e) => {
                            observer.error(e);
                        });
                })
        })
    }

    delete(url) {
        return new Observable(observer => {
            let header = new Headers();
            this.createHeader(header)
                .then(() => {
                    return this.http.delete(url, { headers: header, withCredentials: true })
                        .subscribe(response => {
                            observer.next(response);
                            observer.complete();
                        });
                })
        });
    }

}

Here I have created loggedInUser storage when the user logged into the app.It is also a provider as shown below.

social-login.ts

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { ApiService } from "../providers";
import { LocalCacheServiceProvider } from "../local-cache-service/local-cache-service";
import { UserService } from "../user-provider";
import { Storage } from '@ionic/storage';


@Injectable()
export class SocialLoginProvider {

  constructor(private apiService: ApiService, private localCacheService: LocalCacheServiceProvider, private userService: UserService, private storage: Storage) {
  }

  //login To App
  loginToApp(url: string, data: string) {
    this.apiService.post(url, { access_token: data })
      .map((res: any) => res.json())
      .subscribe(res => {
        this.setUserLocally(res);
      });
  }

  //set User Locally
  setUserLocally(user) {
    this.localCacheService.clearAllKeys().then(() => {
      this.userService.setLoggedInUser(user);
      this.storage.set('loggedInUser', user);
    });
  }
}

After that, I can consume above service (i.e. ApiService) through any of my provider (for CRUD operations) as shown below.

This is the ArticleService.

article-service.ts

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Observable } from "rxjs/Observable";
import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
import { config } from '../config/config';
import { ApiService } from './api-service';


@Injectable()
export class ArticleService {

    constructor(private apiService: ApiService) {
    }

   getBookById(id) {
        return this.apiService.get(`${config.getBookById}${id}/`).map((res: any) => res.json());
    }  
}

Above approach works perfectly fine for me.Hope this approach will help you too.If you need more help please let me know.