I'm building an observable data service based on the following article: https://coryrylan.com/blog/angular-2-observable-data-services
In the article he used an array as an example, here I will use the user object since I'm developing the user service.
Here's what I got:
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Http, Response } from '@angular/http';
import { Events, SqlStorage, Storage } from 'ionic-angular';
import { Subject } from 'rxjs/Subject';
export interface DataStore {
user: Object
}
@Injectable()
export class UserService {
private baseUrl: string;
private storage: Storage;
private _user$: Subject<Object>;
private dataStore: DataStore;
constructor(
private http: Http
) {
this.baseUrl = 'http://localhost:3000';
this.storage = new Storage(SqlStorage);
this._user$ = <Subject<Object>>new Subject();
this.dataStore = {
user: { name: '' }
};
}
set user$(user: Object) {
this.storage.set('user', JSON.stringify(user));
this.dataStore.user = user;
this._user$.next(this.dataStore.user);
}
get user$() {
return this._user$.asObservable();
}
loadUser() {
return this.storage.get('user').then(
((user: string): Object => {
this.dataStore.user = JSON.parse(user);
this._user$.next(this.dataStore.user);
return this.dataStore.user;
})
);
}
login(accessToken: string) {
return this.http
.post('http://localhost:3000/login', { access_token: accessToken })
.retry(2)
.map((res: Response): any => res.json());
}
logout(): void {
this.storage.remove('user');
}
}
To authenticate I call the login() function and set the user data if everything ok.
this.userService.login(this.data.accessToken)
.subscribe(
(user: Object) => {
this.userService.user$ = user;
this.nav.setRoot(EventListComponent);
},
(error: Object) => console.log(error)
);
I feel it is better set the user data inside the service. I could do the following:
login(accessToken: string) {
return this.http
.post('http://localhost:3000/login', {
access_token: accessToken
})
.retry(2)
.map((res: Response): any => res.json())
.subscribe(
(user: Object) => {
this.userService.user$ = user;
this.nav.setRoot(EventListComponent);
},
(error: Object) => console.log(error)
);
}
But I won't be able to subscribe to the login() function in the component since it's already subscribed. How could I redirect the user if everything ok or show an alert if anything goes wrong in the component but setting the user inside the service?
In the main component I load the user data and set the rootPage:
this.userService.loadUser().then(
(user: Object) => this.rootPage = EventListComponent,
(error: Object) => this.rootPage = LoginComponent
);
I thought that calling the loadUser() function at this time I would not have to call it again, but I have to call it in all components that I need the user data:
this.user = this.userService.user$;
this.userService.loadUser();
I don't think the service is the way it should, what could I improve? Is there any better way to achieve what I want? Any example or idea?