How to add Authorization Header to Angular http request?

Question

This is my first post.

I\'ve just started learning Go and Angular and I\'m attempting to connect the angular app to a go api. I\'ve written both and am stuck identi

Answer 1

The following example would fit a situation where you only want some headers added only when accessing resources that require authorization see code below. Kindly note that you need create the getToken method in your authentication.service.ts.

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import {
  HttpInterceptor,
  HttpRequest,
  HttpHandler,
  HttpEvent
} from '@angular/common/http';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';

import { environment } from '../../environments/environment';
import { AuthenticationService } from '../services/authentication.service';

@Injectable({
  providedIn: 'root'
})
export class AuthenticationInterceptorService implements HttpInterceptor {
  constructor(public authenticationService: AuthenticationService) {}
  intercept(
    request: HttpRequest,
    next: HttpHandler
  ): Observable> {
    const accessToken: string = this.authenticationService.getToken();
    // set global application headers.
    request = request.clone({
      setHeaders: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
        Accept: 'application/json',
        'X-AppName': environment.xAppName,
        'X-Locale': 'en'
      }
    });
    // Set headers for requests that require authorization.
    if (accessToken) {
      const authenticatedRequest = request.clone({
        headers: request.headers.set(
          'Authorization',
          `Token token=${accessToken}`
        )
      });
      // Request with authorization headers
      return next.handle(authenticatedRequest);
    } else {
      // Request without authorization header
      return next.handle(request);
    }
  }
}

Register the interceptor in app.module.ts as show below:

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';

import { AuthenticationInterceptorService } from './services/authentication-interceptor.service';

import { AppRoutingModule } from './app-routing.module';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { HttpClientModule, HTTP_INTERCEPTORS } from '@angular/common/http';

@NgModule({
  declarations: [AppComponent],
  imports: [BrowserModule, AppRoutingModule, HttpClientModule],
  providers: [
    {
      provide: HTTP_INTERCEPTORS,
      useClass: AuthenticationInterceptorService,
      multi: true
    }
  ],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule {}