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Angular – Global API service request method

Last updated on November 20, 2017

Using HTTP service directly in all over the application is not scalable, its only work for small applications. Having a central location to manage HTTP calls, will reduce the maintenance and its robust solution. We can inject this global service into any component. centralized location for all api calls

Global API service request method

Lets create a new service called APIService, filename name is api.service.ts, you can place this wherever you want in your application, preferred location is app\shared. As I have copied directly from my project adjust your env config and rxjs dependencies as for your application setup.

Below is my complete working common api service request method.

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Http, Headers, Request, RequestOptions, Response, RequestMethod } from '@angular/http';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
import { Config } from '../shared/config/env.config';

@Injectable()
export class ApiService {

    private baseUrl = Config.API;

    constructor(
        private http: Http
    ) {
    }

    get(url: string) {
        return this.request(url, RequestMethod.Get);
    }

    post(url: string, body: object) {
        return this.request(url, RequestMethod.Post, body);
    }

    put(url: string, body: object) {
        return this.request(url, RequestMethod.Put, body);
    }

    delete(url: string) {
        return this.request(url, RequestMethod.Delete);
    }

    private request(url: string, method: RequestMethod, body?: object) {

        const headers = new Headers();
        const token = localStorage.getItem('token');
        if (token) {
            headers.append('Authorization', token);
        }
        headers.append('Accept', 'application/json');
        headers.append('Content-Type', 'application/json');

        const reqeustOptions = new RequestOptions({
            url: `${this.baseUrl}/${url}`,
            method: method,
            headers: headers
        });

        if (body) {
            reqeustOptions.body = body;
        }

        const request = new Request(reqeustOptions);

        return this.http.request(request)
            .map((res: Response) => res.json())
            .catch(this.handleError);

    }

    private handleError(error: Response) {
        return Observable.throw(error.json());
    }

}

Now add this to app module providers array

providers: [ApiService]

How to use common service method

Just like any other class, import APIService into current locations, for example, I want to use it inside my change password service(changepassword.service.ts), the code should be something like shown below

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { ApiService } from '../../shared/api.service'; // adjust this path as for your project structure 

@Injectable()
export class ChangePasswordService {

 constructor(private apiService: ApiService) { }

  changePassword(data: object) {
    return this.apiService.post(`change-password`, data);
  }

}
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