APIs are at the heart of enterprise development, and Angular ships with robust services to communicate with them via HTTP. But one of the best ways to implement authentication of API services is using JWTs (JSON web tokens).

In this course, we take a deep dive into using the provided $http service in Angular to create a robust and reusable API service implementing JWT authentication. Instructor Victor Mejia also covers how to use an Angular router to protect client-side routes and unit test services, HTTP requests, and async actions. All these concepts are demonstrated using a realistic contact management application, so you can see how API calls and user authentication are implemented in a real-world Angular app.


Topics include:
Setting up and seeding your database
Using HTTP requests and routing in Angular
Creating an Angular service
Adding JWT authentication
Implementing a user login
Sending JWTs to API requests


001 Welcome.mp4
002 What you should know.mp4
003 Using exercise files.mp4
004 Overview of the Angular CLI.mp4
005 Architecture of an Angular + Node application.mp4
006 Database setup using mLab.mp4
007 Seeding a database.mp4
008 GET route for the API.mp4
009 POST route for the API.mp4
010 Using @angular-http to retrieve contacts, part 1.mp4
011 Using @angular-http to retrieve contacts, part 2.mp4
012 Creating a new route for adding a new contact.mp4
013 Using ngForm for form submission.mp4
014 Writing the onsubmit() function.mp4
015 API service with a central request function.mp4
016 Wrapper functions for GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE.mp4
017 Refactoring HTTP calls to use the API service.mp4
018 Central error catching.mp4
019 JWT (JSON Web Token) overview.mp4
020 Using Express Router.mp4
021 User login and generating JWTs.mp4
022 Authenticating requests and validating JWTs.mp4
023 Auth service for local JWT management.mp4
024 Implementing a user login.mp4
025 Sending JWTs to API requests.mp4
026 Logging out of the application.mp4
027 Preventing route access without authentication.mp4
028 Next steps.mp4