Angular - Set headers for every request

Question

I need to set some Authorization headers after the user has logged in, for every subsequent request.

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To set headers for a particular request,

Answer 1

You can create your own http client with some authorization header:

import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
import {HttpClient, HttpHeaders} from '@angular/common/http';

@Injectable({
  providedIn: 'root'
})
export class HttpClientWithAuthorization {

  constructor(private http: HttpClient) {}

createAuthorizationHeader(bearerToken: string): HttpHeaders {
  const headerDict = {
    Authorization: 'Bearer ' + bearerToken,
  }
  return new HttpHeaders(headerDict);
}

get<T>(url, bearerToken) {
  this.createAuthorizationHeader(bearerToken);
  return this.http.get<T>(url, {
    headers: this.createAuthorizationHeader(bearerToken)
  });
}

post<T>(url, bearerToken, data) {
  this.createAuthorizationHeader(bearerToken);
  return this.http.post<T>(url, data, {
    headers: this.createAuthorizationHeader(bearerToken)
  });
}
}

And then inject it instead of HttpClient in your service class:

@Injectable({
  providedIn: 'root'
})
export class SomeService {

  constructor(readonly httpClientWithAuthorization: HttpClientWithAuthorization) {}

  getSomething(): Observable<Object> {
    return this.httpClientWithAuthorization.get<Object>(url,'someBearer');
  }

  postSomething(data) {
    return this.httpClientWithAuthorization.post<Object>(url,'someBearer', data);
  }
}

Answer 2

There were some changes for angular 2.0.1 and higher:

    import {RequestOptions, RequestMethod, Headers} from '@angular/http';
    import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
    import { HttpModule }     from '@angular/http';
    import { AppRoutingModule } from './app.routing.module';   
    import { AppComponent }  from './app.component';

    //you can move this class to a better place
    class GlobalHttpOptions extends RequestOptions {
        constructor() { 
          super({ 
            method: RequestMethod.Get,
            headers: new Headers({
              'MyHeader': 'MyHeaderValue',
            })
          });
        }
      }

    @NgModule({

      imports:      [ BrowserModule, HttpModule, AppRoutingModule ],
      declarations: [ AppComponent],
      bootstrap:    [ AppComponent ],
      providers:    [ { provide: RequestOptions, useClass: GlobalHttpOptions} ]
    })

    export class AppModule { }

Answer 3

This is how I did for setting token with every request.

import { RequestOptions, BaseRequestOptions, RequestOptionsArgs } from '@angular/http';

export class CustomRequestOptions extends BaseRequestOptions {

    constructor() {
        super();
        this.headers.set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
    }
    merge(options?: RequestOptionsArgs): RequestOptions {
        const token = localStorage.getItem('token');
        const newOptions = super.merge(options);
        if (token) {
            newOptions.headers.set('Authorization', `Bearer ${token}`);
        }

        return newOptions;
    }
}

And register in app.module.ts

@NgModule({
    declarations: [
        AppComponent
    ],
    imports: [
        BrowserModule
    ],
    providers: [
        { provide: RequestOptions, useClass: CustomRequestOptions }
    ],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

Answer 4

HTTP interceptors are now available via the new HttpClient from @angular/common/http, as of Angular 4.3.x versions and beyond.

It's pretty simple to add a header for every request now:

import {
  HttpEvent,
  HttpInterceptor,
  HttpHandler,
  HttpRequest,
} from '@angular/common/http';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 
export class AddHeaderInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
  intercept(req: HttpRequest<any>, next: HttpHandler): Observable<HttpEvent<any>> {
    // Clone the request to add the new header
    const clonedRequest = req.clone({ headers: req.headers.append('Authorization', 'Bearer 123') });

    // Pass the cloned request instead of the original request to the next handle
    return next.handle(clonedRequest);
  }
}

There's a principle of immutability, that's the reason the request needs to be cloned before setting something new on it.

As editing headers is a very common task, there's actually a shortcut for it (while cloning the request):

const clonedRequest = req.clone({ setHeaders: { Authorization: 'Bearer 123' } });

After creating the interceptor, you should register it using the HTTP_INTERCEPTORS provide.

import { HTTP_INTERCEPTORS } from '@angular/common/http';

@NgModule({
  providers: [{
    provide: HTTP_INTERCEPTORS,
    useClass: AddHeaderInterceptor,
    multi: true,
  }],
})
export class AppModule {}

Answer 5

You can use canActive in your routes, like so:

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Router } from '@angular/router';
import { CanActivate } from '@angular/router';
import { AuthService } from './auth.service';

@Injectable()
export class AuthGuard implements CanActivate {

  constructor(private auth: AuthService, private router: Router) {}

  canActivate() {
    // If user is not logged in we'll send them to the homepage 
    if (!this.auth.loggedIn()) {
      this.router.navigate(['']);
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }

}

const appRoutes: Routes = [
  {
    path: '', redirectTo: '/deals', pathMatch: 'full'
  },
  {
    path: 'special',
    component: PrivateDealsComponent,
    /* We'll use the canActivate API and pass in our AuthGuard.
       Now any time the /special route is hit, the AuthGuard will run
       first to make sure the user is logged in before activating and
       loading this route. */
    canActivate: [AuthGuard]
  }
];

Taken from: https://auth0.com/blog/angular-2-authentication

Answer 6

After some investigation, I found the final and the most easy way is to extend BaseRequestOptions which I prefer.
The following are the ways I tried and give up for some reason:
1. extend BaseRequestOptions, and add dynamic headers in constructor(). It can not work if I login. It will be created once. So it is not dynamic.
2. extend Http. Same reason as above, I can not add dynamic headers in constructor(). And if I rewrite request(..) method, and set headers, like this:

request(url: string|Request, options?: RequestOptionsArgs): Observable<Response> {
 let token = localStorage.getItem(AppConstants.tokenName);
 if (typeof url === 'string') { // meaning we have to add the token to the options, not in url
  if (!options) {
    options = new RequestOptions({});
  }
  options.headers.set('Authorization', 'token_value');
 } else {
  url.headers.set('Authorization', 'token_value');
 }
 return super.request(url, options).catch(this.catchAuthError(this));
}

You just need to overwrite this method, but not every get/post/put methods.

3.And my preferred solution is extend BaseRequestOptions and overwrite merge() :

@Injectable()
export class AuthRequestOptions extends BaseRequestOptions {

 merge(options?: RequestOptionsArgs): RequestOptions {
  var newOptions = super.merge(options);
  let token = localStorage.getItem(AppConstants.tokenName);
  newOptions.headers.set(AppConstants.authHeaderName, token);
  return newOptions;
 }
}

this merge() function will be called for every request.