auth-interceptor-example.ts

abstract class AuthService {
  // Subject tracks the current token, or is null if no token is currently
  // available (e.g. refresh pending).
  private subject = new BehaviorSubject<string|null>(null);

  readonly refreshToken: Observable<any>;
  readonly token: Observable<string>;

  constructor() {
    // refreshToken, when subscribed, gets the new token from the backend,
    // and then completes without values.
    this.refreshToken = Observable.defer(() => {
      // Defer allows us to easily execute some action when the Observable
      // is subscribed. Here, we set the current token to `null` until the
      // refresh operation is complete. This ensures no requests will be
      // sent with a known bad token.
      this.subject.next(null);

    return this
      // Next, we refresh the token from the server.
      .doRefreshToken()
      // Set it as the active token.
      .do(token => this.subject.next(token))
      // Drop the value, ensuring this Observable only completes when
      // done and doesn't emit.
      .ignoreElements()
      // Finally, share the Observable so we don't attempt multiple
      // refreshes at once.
      .shareReplay();
    });

    // token, when subscribed, returns the latest token.
    this.token = this
      // Read the subject (stream of tokens).
      .subject
      // Filter out the `null` ones. This part ensure we wait for the next
      // good token.
      .filter(token => token !== null)
      // Take the next good token.
      .take(1);

    // There's no current token to start, so refresh to start with. Optionally,
    // we could set token up to refresh on the first subscription.
    this.refreshToken.subscribe();
  }

  // Actually refresh the token. Left up to the user.
  abstract doRefreshToken(): Observable<string>;
}


class AuthInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {

  constructor(private auth: AuthService) { }

  private addToken(req: HttpRequest<any>): HttpRequest<any> {
    return req.clone({ headers: req.headers.set('Authorization', `Bearer ${this.auth.getToken()}`) });
  }

  intercept(req: HttpRequest<any>, next: HttpHandler): Observable<HttpEvent<any>> {
    return this
      .auth
      // Get the latest token from the auth service.
      .token
      // Map the token to a request with the right header set.
      .map(token => req.clone({ headers: req.headers.set('Authorization', `Bearer ${token}`) }))
      // Execute the request on the server.
      .concatMap(authReq => next.handle(authReq))
      // Catch the 401 and handle it by refreshing the token and restarting the chain
      // (where a new subscription to this.auth.token will get the latest token).
      .catch((err, restart) => {
        // If the request is unauthorized, try refreshing the token before restarting.
        if (err instanceof HttpErrorResponse && err.status === 401) {
          return Observable.concat(this.auth.refreshToken, restart);
        }
        throw err;
      });
  }
}