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Csati
Csati

Reputation: 1271

Capture HTTP 401 with Angular.js interceptor

I'd like to implement authentication on a single page web app with Angular.js. The official Angular documentation recommends the using of interceptors:

$provide.factory('myHttpInterceptor', function($q, dependency1, dependency2) {
  return {

    // ...

    'responseError': function(rejection) {
      // do something on error
      if (canRecover(rejection)) {
        return responseOrNewPromise
      }
      return $q.reject(rejection);
    }
  };
});

The problem is when the server sends 401 error, the browser immediately stops with "Unauthorized" message, or with login pop-up window (when authentication HTTP header is sent by the server), but Angular can't capture with it's interceptor the HTTP error to handle, as recommended. Am I misunderstanding something? I tried more examples found on web (this, this and this for example), but none of them worked.

Upvotes: 47

Views: 59749

Answers (4)

Gecko
Gecko

Reputation: 1344

in app config block:

var interceptor = ['$rootScope', '$q', "Base64", function(scope, $q, Base64) {
  function success(response) {
    return response;
  }

  function error(response) {
    var status = response.status;
    if (status == 401) {
      //AuthFactory.clearUser();
      window.location = "/account/login?redirectUrl=" + Base64.encode(document.URL);
      return;
    }
    // otherwise
    return $q.reject(response);
  }
  return function(promise) {
    return promise.then(success, error);
  }
}];

Upvotes: 29

Igor S.
Igor S.

Reputation: 3350

For AngularJS >1.3 use $httpProvider.interceptors.push('myHttpInterceptor');

.service('authInterceptor', function($q) {
    var service = this;

    service.responseError = function(response) {
        if (response.status == 401){
            window.location = "/login";
        }
        return $q.reject(response);
    };
})
.config(['$httpProvider', function($httpProvider) {
    $httpProvider.interceptors.push('authInterceptor');
}])

Upvotes: 65

ejain
ejain

Reputation: 3624

AngularJS interceptors only work for calls made with the $http service; if you navigate to a page that returns a 401, AngularJS never even runs.

Upvotes: 7

vikdet
vikdet

Reputation: 89

I don't know why, but response with 401 error goes into success function.

'responseError': function(rejection)
                {
                    // do something on error

                    if (rejection.status == 401)
                    {
                        $rootScope.signOut();
                    }

                    return $q.reject(rejection);
                },
                'response': function (response) {
                    // do something on error
                    if (response.status == 401) {
                        $rootScope.signOut();
                    };
                    return response || $q.when(response);
                }

Upvotes: 8

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