Angular 12 CRUD Application example with Web API

In this tutorial, I will show you how to build an Angular 12 CRUD Application to consume Web APIs, display, modify & search data.

Other versions:
– Angular 8 CRUD Application example with Web API
– Angular 10 CRUD Application example with Web API
– Angular 11 CRUD Application example with Web API

Fullstack CRUD Application:
– Angular + Node.js Express + MySQL example
– Angular + Node.js Express + PostgreSQL example
– Angular + Node.js Express + MongoDB example
– Angular + Spring Boot + MySQL example
– Angular + Spring Boot + PostgreSQL example
– Angular + Spring Boot + MongoDB example
– Angular + Django example
– Angular + Django + MySQL example
– Angular + Django + PostgreSQL example
– Angular + Django + MongoDB example

Authentication: Angular JWT Authentication example with Web Api

More Practice:
– Angular Form Validation example (Reactive Forms)
– Angular File upload example with Progress bar
– Angular Multiple Files upload example with Progress Bar

Overview of Angular 12 CRUD Application

We will build an Angular 12 front-end Tutorial Application in that:

• Each Tutorial has id, title, description, published status.
• We can create, retrieve, update, delete Tutorials.
• There is a Search bar for finding Tutorials by title.

Here are screenshots of our Angular CRUD Application.

– Create an object:

– Retrieve all objects:

– Click on Edit button to update an object:

On this Page, you can:

• change status to Published using Publish button
• delete the Tutorial using Delete button
• update the Tutorial details with Update button

If you want to add form validation, please visit:
Angular Form Validation example (Reactive Forms)

– Search Tutorials by title:

Web API

The introduction above is for Angular Client with assumption that we have a Server exporting REST APIs:

You can find step by step to build a Server like this in one of these posts:
– Express, Sequelize & MySQL
– Express, Sequelize & PostgreSQL
– Express & MongoDb
– Spring Boot & MySQL
– Spring Boot & PostgreSQL
– Spring Boot & MongoDB
– Spring Boot & H2
– Spring Boot & Cassandra
– Spring Boot & Oracle
– Django & MySQL
– Django & PostgreSQL
– Django & MongoDB

All of them can work well with this Angular App.

Angular 12 CRUD App Component Diagram

– The App component is a container with router-outlet. It has navbar that links to routes paths via routerLink.

– TutorialsList component gets and displays Tutorials.
– Tutorial component has form for editing Tutorial’s details based on :id.
– AddTutorial component has form for submission new Tutorial.

– These Components call TutorialService methods which use Angular HTTPClient to make HTTP requests and receive responses.

Setup Angular 12 Project

Let’s open cmd and use Angular CLI to create a new Angular Project as following command:

ng new Angular12Crud
? Would you like to add Angular routing? Yes
? Which stylesheet format would you like to use? CSS

We also need to generate some Components and Services:

ng g s services/tutorial

ng g c components/add-tutorial
ng g c components/tutorial-details
ng g c components/tutorials-list

ng g class models/tutorial --type=model

Now you can see that our project directory structure looks like this.

Project Structure

Let me explain it briefly.

– tutorial.model.ts exports the main class model: Tutorial.
– There are 3 components: tutorials-list, tutorial-details, add-tutorial.
– tutorial.service has methods for sending HTTP requests to the Apis.
– app-routing.module.ts defines routes for each component.
– app component contains router view and navigation bar.
– app.module.ts declares Angular components and import necessary modules.

Set up App Module

Open app.module.ts and import FormsModule, HttpClientModule:

...
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { HttpClientModule } from '@angular/common/http';

@NgModule({
  declarations: [ ... ],
  imports: [
    ...
    FormsModule,
    HttpClientModule
  ],
  providers: [],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

Define Routes for Angular 12 AppRoutingModule

There are 3 main routes:
– /tutorials for tutorials-list component
– /tutorials/:id for tutorial-details component
– /add for add-tutorial component

app-routing.module.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { RouterModule, Routes } from '@angular/router';
import { TutorialsListComponent } from './components/tutorials-list/tutorials-list.component';
import { TutorialDetailsComponent } from './components/tutorial-details/tutorial-details.component';
import { AddTutorialComponent } from './components/add-tutorial/add-tutorial.component';

const routes: Routes = [
  { path: '', redirectTo: 'tutorials', pathMatch: 'full' },
  { path: 'tutorials', component: TutorialsListComponent },
  { path: 'tutorials/:id', component: TutorialDetailsComponent },
  { path: 'add', component: AddTutorialComponent }
];

@NgModule({
  imports: [RouterModule.forRoot(routes)],
  exports: [RouterModule]
})
export class AppRoutingModule { }

Import Bootstrap into Angular 12 Project

Open index.html, we only need to add one line of code for Bootstrap 4.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Angular12Crud</title>
  ...
  <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="//unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
</head>
<body>
  <app-root></app-root>
</body>
</html>

Add Navbar and Router View to Angular 12 CRUD App

Let’s open src/app.component.html, this App component is the root container for our application, it will contain a nav element.

<div>
  <nav class="navbar navbar-expand navbar-dark bg-dark">
    <a href="#" class="navbar-brand">bezKoder</a>
    <div class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a routerLink="tutorials" class="nav-link">Tutorials</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a routerLink="add" class="nav-link">Add</a>
      </li>
    </div>
  </nav>

  <div class="container mt-3">
    <router-outlet></router-outlet>
  </div>
</div>

Define Model Class

Our main model class Tutorial will be exported in tutorial.model.ts with 4 fields:

• id
• title
• description
• published

models/tutorial.model.ts

export class Tutorial {
  id?: any;
  title?: string;
  description?: string;
  published?: boolean;
}

Create Data Service

This service will use Angular HTTPClient to send HTTP requests.
You can see that its functions includes CRUD operations and finder method.

services/tutorial.service.ts

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
import { Tutorial } from '../models/tutorial.model';

const baseUrl = 'http://localhost:8080/api/tutorials';

@Injectable({
  providedIn: 'root'
})
export class TutorialService {

  constructor(private http: HttpClient) { }

  getAll(): Observable<Tutorial[]> {
    return this.http.get<Tutorial[]>(baseUrl);
  }

  get(id: any): Observable<Tutorial> {
    return this.http.get(`${baseUrl}/${id}`);
  }

  create(data: any): Observable<any> {
    return this.http.post(baseUrl, data);
  }

  update(id: any, data: any): Observable<any> {
    return this.http.put(`${baseUrl}/${id}`, data);
  }

  delete(id: any): Observable<any> {
    return this.http.delete(`${baseUrl}/${id}`);
  }

  deleteAll(): Observable<any> {
    return this.http.delete(baseUrl);
  }

  findByTitle(title: any): Observable<Tutorial[]> {
    return this.http.get<Tutorial[]>(`${baseUrl}?title=${title}`);
  }
}

Create Angular 12 Components

As you’ve known before, there are 3 components corresponding to 3 routes defined in AppRoutingModule.

Add new Item Component

This component has a Form to submit new Tutorial with 2 fields: title & description. It calls TutorialService.create() method.

components/add-tutorial/add-tutorial.component.ts

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { Tutorial } from 'src/app/models/tutorial.model';
import { TutorialService } from 'src/app/services/tutorial.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-add-tutorial',
  templateUrl: './add-tutorial.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./add-tutorial.component.css']
})
export class AddTutorialComponent implements OnInit {

  tutorial: Tutorial = {
    title: '',
    description: '',
    published: false
  };
  submitted = false;

  constructor(private tutorialService: TutorialService) { }

  ngOnInit(): void {
  }

  saveTutorial(): void {
    const data = {
      title: this.tutorial.title,
      description: this.tutorial.description
    };

    this.tutorialService.create(data)
      .subscribe(
        response => {
          console.log(response);
          this.submitted = true;
        },
        error => {
          console.log(error);
        });
  }

  newTutorial(): void {
    this.submitted = false;
    this.tutorial = {
      title: '',
      description: '',
      published: false
    };
  }
}

components/add-tutorial/add-tutorial.component.html

<div>
  <div class="submit-form">
    <div *ngIf="!submitted">
      <div class="form-group">
        <label for="title">Title</label>
        <input
          type="text"
          class="form-control"
          id="title"
          required
          [(ngModel)]="tutorial.title"
          name="title"
        />
      </div>

      <div class="form-group">
        <label for="description">Description</label>
        <input
          class="form-control"
          id="description"
          required
          [(ngModel)]="tutorial.description"
          name="description"
        />
      </div>

      <button (click)="saveTutorial()" class="btn btn-success">Submit</button>
    </div>

    <div *ngIf="submitted">
      <h4>Tutorial was submitted successfully!</h4>
      <button class="btn btn-success" (click)="newTutorial()">Add</button>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

components/add-tutorial/add-tutorial.component.css

.submit-form {
  max-width: 400px;
  margin: auto;
}

List of items Component

This component calls 3 TutorialService methods:

• getAll()
• deleteAll()
• findByTitle()

components/tutorials-list/tutorials-list.component.ts

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { Tutorial } from 'src/app/models/tutorial.model';
import { TutorialService } from 'src/app/services/tutorial.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-tutorials-list',
  templateUrl: './tutorials-list.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./tutorials-list.component.css']
})
export class TutorialsListComponent implements OnInit {

  tutorials?: Tutorial[];
  currentTutorial: Tutorial = {};
  currentIndex = -1;
  title = '';

  constructor(private tutorialService: TutorialService) { }

  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.retrieveTutorials();
  }

  retrieveTutorials(): void {
    this.tutorialService.getAll()
      .subscribe(
        data => {
          this.tutorials = data;
          console.log(data);
        },
        error => {
          console.log(error);
        });
  }

  refreshList(): void {
    this.retrieveTutorials();
    this.currentTutorial = {};
    this.currentIndex = -1;
  }

  setActiveTutorial(tutorial: Tutorial, index: number): void {
    this.currentTutorial = tutorial;
    this.currentIndex = index;
  }

  removeAllTutorials(): void {
    this.tutorialService.deleteAll()
      .subscribe(
        response => {
          console.log(response);
          this.refreshList();
        },
        error => {
          console.log(error);
        });
  }

  searchTitle(): void {
    this.currentTutorial = {};
    this.currentIndex = -1;

    this.tutorialService.findByTitle(this.title)
      .subscribe(
        data => {
          this.tutorials = data;
          console.log(data);
        },
        error => {
          console.log(error);
        });
  }
}

components/tutorials-list/tutorials-list.component.html

<div class="list row">
  <div class="col-md-8">
    <div class="input-group mb-3">
      <input
        type="text"
        class="form-control"
        placeholder="Search by title"
        [(ngModel)]="title"
      />
      <div class="input-group-append">
        <button
          class="btn btn-outline-secondary"
          type="button"
          (click)="searchTitle()"
        >
          Search
        </button>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="col-md-6">
    <h4>Tutorials List</h4>
    <ul class="list-group">
      <li
        class="list-group-item"
        *ngFor="let tutorial of tutorials; let i = index"
        [class.active]="i == currentIndex"
        (click)="setActiveTutorial(tutorial, i)"
      >
        {{ tutorial.title }}
      </li>
    </ul>

    <button class="m-3 btn btn-sm btn-danger" (click)="removeAllTutorials()">
      Remove All
    </button>
  </div>
  <div class="col-md-6">
    <div *ngIf="currentTutorial.id">
      <h4>Tutorial</h4>
      <div>
        <label><strong>Title:</strong></label> {{ currentTutorial.title }}
      </div>
      <div>
        <label><strong>Description:</strong></label>
        {{ currentTutorial.description }}
      </div>
      <div>
        <label><strong>Status:</strong></label>
        {{ currentTutorial.published ? "Published" : "Pending" }}
      </div>

      <a class="badge badge-warning" routerLink="/tutorials/{{ currentTutorial.id }}">
        Edit
      </a>
    </div>

    <div *ngIf="!currentTutorial">
      <br />
      <p>Please click on a Tutorial...</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

If you click on Edit button of any Tutorial, You will be directed to Tutorial page with url: /tutorials/:id.

components/tutorials-list/tutorials-list.component.css

.list {
  text-align: left;
  max-width: 750px;
  margin: auto;
}

You can add Pagination to this Component, just follow instruction in the post:
Angular Pagination example with ngx-pagination

Item details Component

For getting data & update, delete the Tutorial, this component will use 3 TutorialService methods:

• get()
• update()
• delete()

components/tutorial-details/tutorial-details.component.ts

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { TutorialService } from 'src/app/services/tutorial.service';
import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
import { Tutorial } from 'src/app/models/tutorial.model';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-tutorial-details',
  templateUrl: './tutorial-details.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./tutorial-details.component.css']
})
export class TutorialDetailsComponent implements OnInit {

  currentTutorial: Tutorial = {
    title: '',
    description: '',
    published: false
  };
  message = '';

  constructor(
    private tutorialService: TutorialService,
    private route: ActivatedRoute,
    private router: Router) { }

  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.message = '';
    this.getTutorial(this.route.snapshot.params.id);
  }

  getTutorial(id: string): void {
    this.tutorialService.get(id)
      .subscribe(
        data => {
          this.currentTutorial = data;
          console.log(data);
        },
        error => {
          console.log(error);
        });
  }

  updatePublished(status: boolean): void {
    const data = {
      title: this.currentTutorial.title,
      description: this.currentTutorial.description,
      published: status
    };

    this.message = '';

    this.tutorialService.update(this.currentTutorial.id, data)
      .subscribe(
        response => {
          this.currentTutorial.published = status;
          console.log(response);
          this.message = response.message ? response.message : 'The status was updated successfully!';
        },
        error => {
          console.log(error);
        });
  }

  updateTutorial(): void {
    this.message = '';

    this.tutorialService.update(this.currentTutorial.id, this.currentTutorial)
      .subscribe(
        response => {
          console.log(response);
          this.message = response.message ? response.message : 'This tutorial was updated successfully!';
        },
        error => {
          console.log(error);
        });
  }

  deleteTutorial(): void {
    this.tutorialService.delete(this.currentTutorial.id)
      .subscribe(
        response => {
          console.log(response);
          this.router.navigate(['/tutorials']);
        },
        error => {
          console.log(error);
        });
  }
}

components/tutorial-details/tutorial-details.component.html

<div>
  <div *ngIf="currentTutorial.id" class="edit-form">
    <h4>Tutorial</h4>
    <form>
      <div class="form-group">
        <label for="title">Title</label>
        <input
          type="text"
          class="form-control"
          id="title"
          [(ngModel)]="currentTutorial.title"
          name="title"
        />
      </div>
      <div class="form-group">
        <label for="description">Description</label>
        <input
          type="text"
          class="form-control"
          id="description"
          [(ngModel)]="currentTutorial.description"
          name="description"
        />
      </div>

      <div class="form-group">
        <label><strong>Status:</strong></label>
        {{ currentTutorial.published ? "Published" : "Pending" }}
      </div>
    </form>

    <button
      class="badge badge-primary mr-2"
      *ngIf="currentTutorial.published"
      (click)="updatePublished(false)"
    >
      UnPublish
    </button>
    <button
      *ngIf="!currentTutorial.published"
      class="badge badge-primary mr-2"
      (click)="updatePublished(true)"
    >
      Publish
    </button>

    <button class="badge badge-danger mr-2" (click)="deleteTutorial()">
      Delete
    </button>

    <button
      type="submit"
      class="badge badge-success mb-2"
      (click)="updateTutorial()"
    >
      Update
    </button>
    <p>{{ message }}</p>
  </div>

  <div *ngIf="!currentTutorial.id">
    <br />
    <p>Cannot access this Tutorial...</p>
  </div>
</div>

components/tutorial-details/tutorial-details.component.css

.edit-form {
  max-width: 400px;
  margin: auto;
}

Run the Angular 12 CRUD App

You can run this App with command: ng serve.

If you use this front-end app for one of these back-end Rest APIs:
– Express, Sequelize & MySQL
– Express, Sequelize & PostgreSQL
– Express & MongoDb
– Spring Boot & MySQL
– Spring Boot & PostgreSQL
– Spring Boot & MongoDB
– Spring Boot & H2
– Spring Boot & Cassandra
– Spring Boot & Oracle
– Django & MySQL
– Django & PostgreSQL
– Django & MongoDB

It configures CORS for port 8081, so you have to run command: ng serve --port 8081 instead.

Conclusion

Today we’ve built an Angular 12 CRUD Application successfully working with Web API. Now we can, display, modify, delete or search data in a clean way. I hope you apply it in your project at ease.

For adding Form Validation, please visit:
Angular Form Validation example (Reactive Forms)

You can also find how to implement Authentication with the post:
Angular JWT Authentication example with Web Api

Or you can add Pagination Component:
Angular Pagination example with ngx-pagination

Or implement File Upload Component:
Angular File upload example with Progress bar

Happy learning, see you again!

Further Reading

• Angular HttpClient
• Angular Template Syntax
• Angular Router Guide

Serverless with Firebase:
– Angular 12 Firebase CRUD with Realtime Database example
– Angular Firestore CRUD example
– Angular Firebase Storage: File Upload/Display/Delete Files example

Integration:
– How to Integrate Angular with Node.js Restful Services
– How to Integrate Angular with Spring Boot Rest API

Source Code

You can find the complete source code for this tutorial on Github.