Handling 401s globally with Angular

Angular 4.3+

With the introduction of HttpClient came the ability to easily intercept all requests / responses. The general usage of HttpInterceptors is well documented, see the basic usage and how to provide the interceptor. Below is an example of an HttpInterceptor that can handle 401 errors.

Updated for RxJS 6+

import { Observable, throwError } from 'rxjs';
import { HttpErrorResponse, HttpEvent, HttpHandler,HttpInterceptor, HttpRequest } from '@angular/common/http';

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { catchError } from 'rxjs/operators';

@Injectable()
export class ErrorInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {

  intercept(req: HttpRequest<any>, next: HttpHandler): Observable<HttpEvent<any>> {
    return next.handle(req).pipe(
      catchError((err: HttpErrorResponse) => {
        if (err.status == 401) {
          // Handle 401 error
        } else {
          return throwError(err);
        }
      })
    );
  }

}

RxJS <6

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { HttpInterceptor, HttpRequest, HttpHandler, HttpEvent, HttpErrorResponse } from '@angular/common/http'
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/do';

@Injectable()
export class ErrorInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {

    intercept(req: HttpRequest<any>, next: HttpHandler): Observable<HttpEvent<any>> {
        return next.handle(req).do(event => {}, err => {
            if (err instanceof HttpErrorResponse && err.status == 401) {
                // handle 401 errors
            }
        });
    }
}