Add queueing to Angular's HttpClient

Question

I have exact same requirement as mentioned in Add queueing to angulars $http service but need implementation in Angular 4.3 or 5 using the HttpInterceptor from @angular/common/http.

I have a very quirky API that can only handle a single request at a time for a particular browser session. Therefore, I need to ensure that every time a request is made in same session, it goes into a queue, and that queue is executed one request at a time, until it is empty.

Answer 1

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Solution

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@Zlatko has suggested correct approach, although there are few logical and syntax issues in it but I have corrected it pasting below a working code:

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Response } from '@angular/http';
import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
import { Subject } from 'rxjs/Subject'

export class PendingRequest {
  url: string;
  method: string;
  options: any;
  subscription: Subject<any>;

  constructor(url: string, method: string, options: any, subscription: Subject<any>) {
    this.url = url;
    this.method = method;
    this.options = options;
    this.subscription = subscription;
  }
}

@Injectable()
export class BackendService {
  private requests$ = new Subject<any>();
  private queue: PendingRequest[] = [];

  constructor(private httpClient: HttpClient) {
    this.requests$.subscribe(request => this.execute(request));
  }

  /** Call this method to add your http request to queue */
  invoke(url, method, params, options) {
    return this.addRequestToQueue(url, method, params, options);
  }

  private execute(requestData) {
    //One can enhance below method to fire post/put as well. (somehow .finally is not working for me)
    const req = this.httpClient.get(requestData.url)
      .subscribe(res => {
        const sub = requestData.subscription;
        sub.next(res);
        this.queue.shift();
        this.startNextRequest();
      });
  }

  private addRequestToQueue(url, method, params, options) {
    const sub = new Subject<any>();
    const request = new PendingRequest(url, method, options, sub);

    this.queue.push(request);
    if (this.queue.length === 1) {
      this.startNextRequest();
    }
    return sub;
  }

  private startNextRequest() {
    // get next request, if any.
    if (this.queue.length > 0) {
      this.execute(this.queue[0]);
    }
  }
}

One can use/call above service following way to make HTTP calls (from any other component or service) (Obviously you need to inject BackendService in the component e.g. Mention in provider of component and define in constructor):

    this.backendService.invoke('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts', 'Get', null, null)
    .subscribe(
      result => {
        this.data = result;
      }
    );

In case of someone wants to look at working plunker then here is the working plunker.