How to apply canActivate guard on all the routes?

AngularTypescriptAngular Routing

Angular Problem Overview


I have a angular2 active guard which handle if the user is not logged in, redirect it to login page:

import { Injectable } from  "@angular/core";
import { CanActivate , ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterStateSnapshot, Router} from "@angular/router";
import {Observable} from "rxjs";
import {TokenService} from "./token.service";

@Injectable()
export class AuthenticationGuard implements CanActivate {

    constructor (
        private router : Router,
        private token : TokenService
    ) { }

    /**
     * Check if the user is logged in before calling http
     *
     * @param route
     * @param state
     * @returns {boolean}
     */
    canActivate (
        route : ActivatedRouteSnapshot,
        state : RouterStateSnapshot
    ): Observable<boolean> | Promise<boolean> | boolean {
        if(this.token.isLoggedIn()){
            return true;
        }
        this.router.navigate(['/login'],{ queryParams: { returnUrl: state.url }});
        return;
    }
}

I have to implement it on each route like :

const routes: Routes = [
    { path : '', component: UsersListComponent, canActivate:[AuthenticationGuard] },
    { path : 'add', component : AddComponent, canActivate:[AuthenticationGuard]},
    { path : ':id', component: UserShowComponent },
    { path : 'delete/:id', component : DeleteComponent, canActivate:[AuthenticationGuard] },
    { path : 'ban/:id', component : BanComponent, canActivate:[AuthenticationGuard] },
    { path : 'edit/:id', component : EditComponent, canActivate:[AuthenticationGuard] }
];

Is there any better way to implement canActive option without adding it to each path.

What I want is to add it on main route, and it should apply to all other routes. I have searched alot, but I could not find any useful solution

Thanks

Angular Solutions


Solution 1 - Angular

You can introduce a componentless parent route and apply the guard there:

const routes: Routes = [
    {path: '', canActivate:[AuthenticationGuard], children: [
      { path : '', component: UsersListComponent },
      { path : 'add', component : AddComponent},
      { path : ':id', component: UserShowComponent },
      { path : 'delete/:id', component : DeleteComponent },
      { path : 'ban/:id', component : BanComponent },
      { path : 'edit/:id', component : EditComponent }
    ]}
];

Solution 2 - Angular

You can also subscribe to the router's route changes in your app.component's ngOnInit function and check authentication from there e.g.

    this.router.events.subscribe(event => {
        if (event instanceof NavigationStart && !this.token.isLoggedIn()) {
            this.router.navigate(['/login'],{ queryParams: { returnUrl: state.url}}); 
        }
    });

I prefer this way of doing any kind of app wide check(s) when a route changes.

Solution 3 - Angular

I think you should implement "child routing" which allow you to have a parent (with a path "admin" for example) and his childs.

Then you can apply a canactivate to the parent which will automatically restrict the access to all his child. For example if I want to access "admin/home" I'll need to go throught "admin" which is protectected by canActivate. You can even define a parent with an empty path "" if you want

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