While trying to access a secured Api, I need to send header data with in my angular http requests
javascript code :
$http.post('http://localhost/api/validate', user).success(function () {
$scope.reset();
$scope.activePath = $location.path('/');
How to send header data with in this request?
Setting HTTP Headers
The $http service will automatically add certain HTTP headers to all requests. These defaults can be fully configured by accessing the $httpProvider.defaults.headers configuration object, which currently contains this default configuration:
$httpProvider.defaults.headers.common (headers that are common for all requests): Accept: application/json, text/plain, * / *
$httpProvider.defaults.headers.post: (header defaults for POST requests) Content-Type: application/json
$httpProvider.defaults.headers.put (header defaults for PUT requests) Content-Type: application/json
To add or overwrite these defaults, simply add or remove a property from these configuration objects. To add headers for an HTTP method other than POST or PUT, simply add a new object with the lowercased HTTP method name as the key, e.g. `$httpProvider.defaults.headers.get = { 'My-Header' : 'value' }.
The defaults can also be set at runtime via the $http.defaults object in the same fashion. In addition, you can supply a headers property in the config object passed when calling $http(config), which overrides the defaults without changing them globally.
For Authentication, I find this piece of code helpful. Assuming that the token is stored in cookie after successful login,
.factory('authInterceptor', function ($q, $cookieStore) {
return {
// Add authorization token to headers
request: function (config) {
config.headers = config.headers || {};
if ($cookieStore.get('token')) {
config.headers.Authorization = 'Bearer ' + $cookieStore.get('token');
}
return config;
},
// Intercept 401s and redirect you to login
responseError: function(response) {
if(response.status === 401) {
// remove any stale tokens
$cookieStore.remove('token');
return $q.reject(response);
}
else {
return $q.reject(response);
}
}
};
})
.config(function ($httpProvider) {
$httpProvider.interceptors.push('authInterceptor');
})
