This is what I ended up doing
.config(['$httpProvider', function ($httpProvider) {
//enable cors
$httpProvider.defaults.useXDomain = true;
$httpProvider.interceptors.push(['$location', '$injector', '$q', function ($location, $injector, $q) {
return {
'request': function (config) {
//injected manually to get around circular dependency problem.
var AuthService = $injector.get('Auth');
if (!AuthService.isAuthenticated()) {
$location.path('/login');
} else {
//add session_id as a bearer token in header of all outgoing HTTP requests.
var currentUser = AuthService.getCurrentUser();
if (currentUser !== null) {
var sessionId = AuthService.getCurrentUser().sessionId;
if (sessionId) {
config.headers.Authorization = 'Bearer ' + sessionId;
}
}
}
//add headers
return config;
},
'responseError': function (rejection) {
if (rejection.status === 401) {
//injected manually to get around circular dependency problem.
var AuthService = $injector.get('Auth');
//if server returns 401 despite user being authenticated on app side, it means session timed out on server
if (AuthService.isAuthenticated()) {
AuthService.appLogOut();
}
$location.path('/login');
return $q.reject(rejection);
}
}
};
}]);
}]);
Note: The $injector.get
calls should be within the methods of the interceptor, if you try to use them elsewhere you will continue to get a circular dependency error in JS.