# Cross-Site Request Forgery Prevention Cheat Sheet — Angular with TypeScript

> Angular is built with TypeScript, making it a natural fit for strongly-typed CSRF protection.

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## Knowledge

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Angular is built with TypeScript, making it a natural fit for strongly-typed CSRF protection. The example below shows how to configure Angular's CSRF protection with TypeScript

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```typescript
// app.config.ts
import { ApplicationConfig } from '@angular/core';
import { provideRouter } from '@angular/router';
import { provideHttpClient, withXsrfConfiguration } from '@angular/common/http';

import { routes } from './app.routes';

// Configure CSRF protection with custom options
export const appConfig: ApplicationConfig = {
  providers: [
    provideHttpClient(
      withXsrfConfiguration({
        cookieName: 'XSRF-TOKEN', // Name of cookie containing token
        headerName: 'X-XSRF-TOKEN' // Header name for token submission
      })
    ),
    provideRouter(routes)
  ]
};
```

For a custom HTTP interceptor that handles CSRF tokens

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```typescript
// csrf.interceptor.ts
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import {
  HttpRequest,
  HttpHandler,
  HttpEvent,
  HttpInterceptor
} from '@angular/common/http';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';

@Injectable()
export class CsrfInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
  private readonly TOKEN_HEADER_NAME = 'X-CSRF-Token';
  private readonly SAFE_METHODS = ['GET', 'HEAD', 'OPTIONS'];

  constructor() {}

  intercept(request: HttpRequest&lt;unknown&gt;, next: HttpHandler): Observable&lt;HttpEvent&lt;unknown&gt;&gt; {
    // Skip CSRF protection for safe methods
    if (this.SAFE_METHODS.includes(request.method)) {
      return next.handle(request);
    }

    // Get token from cookie
    const token = this.getTokenFromCookie();

    if (token) {
      // Clone the request and add the CSRF token header
      const modifiedRequest = request.clone({
        headers: request.headers.set(this.TOKEN_HEADER
```

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