Multiple Clients

Configure multiple API clients in a single Angular application with independent configurations and interceptors.

Overview

ng-openapi supports generating multiple clients for different APIs, each with their own base paths, interceptors, and configurations. This is useful when your application needs to communicate with multiple backend services.

Generating Multiple Clients

Create separate configuration files for each API:

// users-api.config.ts
import { GeneratorConfig } from 'ng-openapi';

const config: GeneratorConfig = {
  clientName: 'Users',
  input: './users-swagger.json',
  output: './src/api/users',
  options: {
    dateType: 'Date',
    enumStyle: 'enum'
  }
};

export default config;

// orders-api.config.ts
import { GeneratorConfig } from 'ng-openapi';

const config: GeneratorConfig = {
  clientName: 'Orders',
  input: './orders-swagger.json',
  output: './src/api/orders',
  options: {
    dateType: 'Date',
    enumStyle: 'enum'
  }
};

export default config;

Generate each client:

ng-openapi -c users-api.config.ts
ng-openapi -c orders-api.config.ts

Provider Configuration

Each client generates its own provider function based on the clientName:

// app.config.ts
import { ApplicationConfig } from '@angular/core';
import { provideHttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
import { provideUsersClient } from './api/users/providers';
import { provideOrdersClient } from './api/orders/providers';

export const appConfig: ApplicationConfig = {
  providers: [
    provideHttpClient(),
    provideUsersClient({
      basePath: 'https://users-api.example.com'
    }),
    provideOrdersClient({
      basePath: 'https://orders-api.example.com'
    })
  ]
};

Independent Interceptors

Apply different interceptors to each client:

// auth.interceptor.ts
import { HttpInterceptor, HttpRequest, HttpHandler } from '@angular/common/http';
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';

@Injectable()
export class AuthInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
  intercept(req: HttpRequest<any>, next: HttpHandler) {
    const authReq = req.clone({
      headers: req.headers.set('Authorization', 'Bearer token')
    });
    return next.handle(authReq);
  }
}

// logging.interceptor.ts
import { HttpInterceptor, HttpRequest, HttpHandler } from '@angular/common/http';
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';

@Injectable()
export class LoggingInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
  intercept(req: HttpRequest<any>, next: HttpHandler) {
    console.log('Request:', req.url);
    return next.handle(req);
  }
}

Configure interceptors per client:

export const appConfig: ApplicationConfig = {
  providers: [
    provideHttpClient(),
    provideUsersClient({
      basePath: 'https://users-api.example.com',
      interceptors: [AuthInterceptor] // Only for users API
    }),
    provideOrdersClient({
      basePath: 'https://orders-api.example.com',
      interceptors: [AuthInterceptor, LoggingInterceptor] // Both interceptors
    })
  ]
};

Using Multiple Clients

Import and use services from different clients:

import { Component, inject } from '@angular/core';
import { toSignal } from '@angular/core/rxjs-interop';
import { UsersService } from './api/users/services';
import { OrdersService } from './api/orders/services';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-dashboard',
  template: `
    <div>
      <h2>Users: {{ users()?.length ?? 0 }}</h2>
      <h2>Orders: {{ orders()?.length ?? 0 }}</h2>
    </div>
  `
})
export class DashboardComponent {
  private readonly usersService = inject(UsersService);
  private readonly ordersService = inject(OrdersService);

  readonly users = toSignal(this.usersService.getUsers());
  readonly orders = toSignal(this.ordersService.getOrders());
}

Client Isolation

Each client operates independently:

• Separate Base Paths - Different API endpoints
• Independent Interceptors - Apply different authentication, logging, or transformation logic
• Isolated Configuration - Different date handling, headers, or response types
• No Cross-Client Interference - Changes to one client don't affect others

Generated Structure

With multiple clients, your project structure looks like:

src/
├── api/
│   ├── users/
│   │   ├── models/
│   │   ├── services/
│   │   ├── tokens/
│   │   ├── utils/
│   │   ├── providers.ts
│   │   └── index.ts
│   └── orders/
│       ├── models/
│       ├── services/
│       ├── tokens/
│       ├── utils/
│       ├── providers.ts
│       └── index.ts
└── app/
    └── app.config.ts

Package.json Scripts

Organize generation scripts for multiple clients:

{
  "scripts": {
    "generate:users": "ng-openapi -c users-api.config.ts",
    "generate:orders": "ng-openapi -c orders-api.config.ts",
    "generate:all": "npm run generate:users && npm run generate:orders"
  }
}

Best Practices

Naming Convention

Use descriptive client names that reflect the API purpose:

clientName: 'Users'     // generates provideUsersClient
clientName: 'Orders'    // generates provideOrdersClient
clientName: 'Payments'  // generates providePaymentsClient

Directory Organization

Keep clients in separate directories:

ng-openapi -c users-api.config.ts    # outputs to ./src/api/users
ng-openapi -c orders-api.config.ts   # outputs to ./src/api/orders

Environment Configuration

Use environment-specific configurations:

import { environment } from '../environments/environment';

export const appConfig: ApplicationConfig = {
  providers: [
    provideUsersClient({
      basePath: environment.usersApiUrl
    }),
    provideOrdersClient({
      basePath: environment.ordersApiUrl
    })
  ]
};

Resources

• Provider Configuration
• CLI Usage
• Angular Dependency Injection ↗️