make a call to ensure a correct XSRF token before performing any non-GET requests

src/app/access-control/group-registry/group-form/group-form.component.spec.ts

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import { HALEndpointService } from '../../../core/shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { NoContent } from '../../../core/shared/NoContent.model';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
 import { UUIDService } from '../../../core/shared/uuid.service';
+import { XSRFService } from '../../../core/xsrf/xsrf.service';
 import { AlertComponent } from '../../../shared/alert/alert.component';
 import { ContextHelpDirective } from '../../../shared/context-help.directive';
 import { FormBuilderService } from '../../../shared/form/builder/form-builder.service';
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ describe('GroupFormComponent', () => {
         { provide: HttpClient, useValue: {} },
         { provide: ObjectCacheService, useValue: {} },
         { provide: UUIDService, useValue: {} },
+        { provide: XSRFService, useValue: {} },
         { provide: Store, useValue: {} },
         { provide: RemoteDataBuildService, useValue: {} },
         { provide: HALEndpointService, useValue: {} },

src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   getTestScheduler,
 } from 'jasmine-marbles';
 import {
+  BehaviorSubject,
   EMPTY,
   Observable,
   of as observableOf,
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
 import { coreReducers } from '../core.reducers';
 import { CoreState } from '../core-state.model';
 import { UUIDService } from '../shared/uuid.service';
+import { XSRFService } from '../xsrf/xsrf.service';
 import {
   RequestConfigureAction,
   RequestExecuteAction,
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ describe('RequestService', () => {
   let uuidService: UUIDService;
   let store: Store<CoreState>;
   let mockStore: MockStore<CoreState>;
+  let xsrfService: XSRFService;
 
   const testUUID = '5f2a0d2a-effa-4d54-bd54-5663b960f9eb';
   const testHref = 'https://rest.api/endpoint/selfLink';
@@ -104,10 +107,15 @@ describe('RequestService', () => {
     store = TestBed.inject(Store);
     mockStore = store as MockStore<CoreState>;
     mockStore.setState(initialState);
+    xsrfService = {
+      tokenInitialized$: new BehaviorSubject(false),
+    } as XSRFService;
+
     service = new RequestService(
       objectCache,
       uuidService,
       store,
+      xsrfService,
       undefined,
     );
     serviceAsAny = service as any;

src/app/core/data/request.service.ts

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import {
   requestIndexSelector,
 } from '../index/index.selectors';
 import { UUIDService } from '../shared/uuid.service';
+import { XSRFService } from '../xsrf/xsrf.service';
 import {
   RequestConfigureAction,
   RequestExecuteAction,
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ export class RequestService {
   constructor(private objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
               private uuidService: UUIDService,
               private store: Store<CoreState>,
+              protected xsrfService: XSRFService,
               private indexStore: Store<MetaIndexState>) {
   }
 
@@ -450,7 +452,17 @@ export class RequestService {
    */
   private dispatchRequest(request: RestRequest) {
     this.store.dispatch(new RequestConfigureAction(request));
-    this.store.dispatch(new RequestExecuteAction(request.uuid));
+    // If it's a GET request, or we have an XSRF token, dispatch it immediately
+    if (request.method === RestRequestMethod.GET || this.xsrfService.tokenInitialized$.getValue() === true) {
+      this.store.dispatch(new RequestExecuteAction(request.uuid));
+    } else {
+      // Otherwise wait for the XSRF token first
+      this.xsrfService.tokenInitialized$.pipe(
+        find((hasInitialized: boolean) => hasInitialized === true),
+      ).subscribe(() => {
+        this.store.dispatch(new RequestExecuteAction(request.uuid));
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   /**

src/app/core/xsrf/browser-xsrf.service.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { BrowserXSRFService } from './browser-xsrf.service';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { RESTURLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/rest-url-combiner';
+import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { HttpClientTestingModule, HttpTestingController } from '@angular/common/http/testing';
+
+describe(`BrowserXSRFService`, () => {
+  let service: BrowserXSRFService;
+  let httpClient: HttpClient;
+  let httpTestingController: HttpTestingController;
+
+  const endpointURL = new RESTURLCombiner('/security/csrf').toString();
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [ HttpClientTestingModule ],
+      providers: [ BrowserXSRFService ]
+    });
+    httpClient = TestBed.inject(HttpClient);
+    httpTestingController = TestBed.inject(HttpTestingController);
+    service = TestBed.inject(BrowserXSRFService);
+  });
+
+  describe(`initXSRFToken`, () => {
+    it(`should perform a POST to the csrf endpoint`, () => {
+      service.initXSRFToken(httpClient)();
+
+      const req = httpTestingController.expectOne({
+        url: endpointURL,
+        method: 'POST'
+      });
+
+      req.flush({});
+      httpTestingController.verify();
+    });
+
+    describe(`when the POST succeeds`, () => {
+      it(`should set tokenInitialized$ to true`, () => {
+        service.initXSRFToken(httpClient)();
+
+        const req = httpTestingController.expectOne(endpointURL);
+
+        req.flush({});
+        httpTestingController.verify();
+
+        expect(service.tokenInitialized$.getValue()).toBeTrue();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe(`when the POST fails`, () => {
+      it(`should set tokenInitialized$ to true`, () => {
+        service.initXSRFToken(httpClient)();
+
+        const req = httpTestingController.expectOne(endpointURL);
+
+        req.error(new ErrorEvent('415'));
+        httpTestingController.verify();
+
+        expect(service.tokenInitialized$.getValue()).toBeTrue();
+      });
+    });
+
+  });
+});

src/app/core/xsrf/browser-xsrf.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { RESTURLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/rest-url-combiner';
+import { take, catchError } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { XSRFService } from './xsrf.service';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class BrowserXSRFService extends XSRFService {
+  initXSRFToken(httpClient: HttpClient): () => Promise<any> {
+    return () => new Promise((resolve) => {
+      httpClient.post(new RESTURLCombiner('/security/csrf').toString(), undefined).pipe(
+        // errors are to be expected if the token and the cookie don't match, that's what we're
+        // trying to fix for future requests, so just emit any observable to end up in the
+        // subscribe
+        catchError(() => observableOf(null)),
+        take(1),
+      ).subscribe(() => {
+        this.tokenInitialized$.next(true);
+      });
+
+      // return immediately, the rest of the app doesn't need to wait for this to finish
+      resolve();
+    });
+  }
+}

src/app/core/xsrf/server-xsrf.service.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { ServerXSRFService } from './server-xsrf.service';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+
+describe(`ServerXSRFService`, () => {
+  let service: ServerXSRFService;
+  let httpClient: HttpClient;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    httpClient = jasmine.createSpyObj(['post', 'get', 'request']);
+    service = new ServerXSRFService();
+  });
+
+  describe(`initXSRFToken`, () => {
+    it(`shouldn't perform any requests`, (done: DoneFn) => {
+      service.initXSRFToken(httpClient)().then(() => {
+        for (const prop in httpClient) {
+          if (httpClient.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
+            expect(httpClient[prop]).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+          }
+        }
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it(`should leave tokenInitialized$ on false`, (done: DoneFn) => {
+      service.initXSRFToken(httpClient)().then(() => {
+        expect(service.tokenInitialized$.getValue()).toBeFalse();
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});

src/app/core/xsrf/server-xsrf.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { XSRFService } from './xsrf.service';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class ServerXSRFService extends XSRFService {
+  initXSRFToken(httpClient: HttpClient): () => Promise<any> {
+    return () => new Promise((resolve) => {
+      // return immediately, and keep tokenInitialized$ false. The server side can make only GET
+      // requests, since it can never get a valid XSRF cookie
+      resolve();
+    });
+  }
+}

src/app/core/xsrf/xsrf.service.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { XSRFService } from './xsrf.service';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+
+class XSRFServiceImpl extends XSRFService {
+  initXSRFToken(httpClient: HttpClient): () => Promise<any> {
+    return () => null;
+  }
+}
+
+describe(`XSRFService`, () => {
+  let service: XSRFService;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    service = new XSRFServiceImpl();
+  });
+
+  it(`should start with tokenInitialized$.hasValue() === false`, () => {
+    expect(service.tokenInitialized$.getValue()).toBeFalse();
+  });
+});

src/app/core/xsrf/xsrf.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
+
+@Injectable()
+export abstract class XSRFService {
+  public tokenInitialized$: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject(false);
+
+  abstract initXSRFToken(httpClient: HttpClient): () => Promise<any>;
+}

src/modules/app/browser-app.module.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import {
   HttpClient,
   HttpClientModule,
 } from '@angular/common/http';
-import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  APP_INITIALIZER,
+  NgModule,
+} from '@angular/core';
 import {
   BrowserModule,
   BrowserTransferStateModule,
@@ -48,13 +51,15 @@ import { ClientCookieService } from '../../app/core/services/client-cookie.servi
 import { CookieService } from '../../app/core/services/cookie.service';
 import { HardRedirectService } from '../../app/core/services/hard-redirect.service';
 import { ReferrerService } from '../../app/core/services/referrer.service';
+import { BrowserXSRFService } from '../../app/core/xsrf/browser-xsrf.service';
+import { XSRFService } from '../../app/core/xsrf/xsrf.service';
 import { BrowserKlaroService } from '../../app/shared/cookies/browser-klaro.service';
 import { KlaroService } from '../../app/shared/cookies/klaro.service';
 import { MissingTranslationHelper } from '../../app/shared/translate/missing-translation.helper';
 import { GoogleAnalyticsService } from '../../app/statistics/google-analytics.service';
 import { SubmissionService } from '../../app/submission/submission.service';
 import { TranslateBrowserLoader } from '../../ngx-translate-loaders/translate-browser.loader';
-import { BrowserInitService } from './browser-init.service';
+import { BrowserInitService } from './browser-init.service'
 
 export const REQ_KEY = makeStateKey<string>('req');
 
@@ -98,6 +103,16 @@ export function getRequest(transferState: TransferState): any {
       useFactory: getRequest,
       deps: [TransferState],
     },
+    {
+      provide: APP_INITIALIZER,
+      useFactory: (xsrfService: XSRFService, httpClient: HttpClient) => xsrfService.initXSRFToken(httpClient),
+      deps: [ XSRFService, HttpClient ],
+      multi: true,
+    },
+    {
+      provide: XSRFService,
+      useClass: BrowserXSRFService,
+    },
     {
       provide: AuthService,
       useClass: AuthService,

src/modules/app/server-app.module.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ import { ServerReferrerService } from '../../app/core/services/server.referrer.s
 import { ServerCookieService } from '../../app/core/services/server-cookie.service';
 import { ServerHardRedirectService } from '../../app/core/services/server-hard-redirect.service';
 import { ServerXhrService } from '../../app/core/services/server-xhr.service';
+import { ServerXSRFService } from '../../app/core/xsrf/server-xsrf.service';
+import { XSRFService } from '../../app/core/xsrf/xsrf.service';
 import { AngularticsProviderMock } from '../../app/shared/mocks/angulartics-provider.service.mock';
 import { Angulartics2Mock } from '../../app/shared/mocks/angulartics2.service.mock';
 import { Angulartics2DSpace } from '../../app/statistics/angulartics/dspace-provider';
@@ -112,6 +114,10 @@ export function createTranslateLoader(transferState: TransferState) {
       provide: AuthRequestService,
       useClass: ServerAuthRequestService,
     },
+    {
+      provide: XSRFService,
+      useClass: ServerXSRFService,
+    },
     {
       provide: LocaleService,
       useClass: ServerLocaleService,