I am using the HttpInterceptor to resend requests with a token in case they return a 401. This had worked well before, when I was just taking the cached token. Since the Firebase token does not seem to be automatically refreshed (using forceRefresh though), I am now trying to get a fresh token in realtime in the interceptor class. The problem is that now the request is not being re-send.
Here is my full interceptor:
export class CustomHttpInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
constructor(private injector: Injector) {
}
intercept(req: HttpRequest<any>, next: HttpHandler): Observable<HttpEvent<any>> {
const formRequest = req.clone({ headers: req.headers.set('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded') });
return next.handle(formRequest).map((event: HttpEvent<any>) => {
if (event instanceof HttpResponse) {
console.log("GOT RESPONSE WITHOUT ERROR. JUST PASSING THROUGH.");
return event;
}
}).catch(err => {
console.log("==INTERCEPTOR== CATCH ERROR RESPONSE");
if (err instanceof HttpErrorResponse) {
console.log("==INTERCEPTOR== IS HTTP ERROR RESPONSE");
if (err.status === 401) {
console.log("==INTERCEPTOR== IS 401");
let postParams = new HttpParams({ fromString: req.body });
if (postParams.has('t')) {
//401 while we already provided a token, so a real login is required
console.log("==INTERCEPTOR== PROVIDED TOKEN, STILL PROBLEM");
throw new Error("NOT_AUTH");
} else {
// most likely session expired, resend token
console.log("==INTERCEPTOR== REQUEST WAS WITHOUT TOKEN, RESEND WITH TOKEN");
// get AuthProvider here
const auth = this.injector.get(AuthProvider);
// token will come in a promise
return auth.getToken().then(idToken => {
console.log("GOT NEW TOKEN, resending request with token " + idToken);
//add token to post params
let newPostParams = postParams.append('t', idToken); ====> SUCCESFULLY GOT NEW TOKEN
//clone request and add new body
const changedReq = formRequest.clone({
method: 'POST',
body: newPostParams.toString()
});
return next.handle(changedReq); ====> THIS IS NOT PERFORMED
},
error => {
throw(error);
});
}
}
} else {
throw(err);
}
})
}
}
Without this promise function to get a new token, the request is being resend using the last "next.handle(changedReq);". I am not finding what I am doing wrong here. Is this caused because I am mixing promises with observables?