From bfb9f9b58269e0f8f9a61c50e42f957dcdb66e95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Goldsworthy <b.r.goldsworthy@lancaster.ac.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 19:36:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add database connection check

---
 src/app/app.module.ts            | 13 ++++++++++++-
 src/app/providers/api-service.ts |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/app/app.module.ts b/src/app/app.module.ts
index 067c810..934d439 100644
--- a/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,18 @@ import { FilterPipeModule } from 'ngx-filter-pipe';
   bootstrap: [ AppComponent ]
 })
 export class AppModule {
-  constructor () {
+  constructor (
+    private api: ApiService,
+  ) {
+    this.api.checkDatabaseConnection().subscribe(
+      result => {
+      },
+      error => {
+        document.location = '#/500';
+        throw new Error('Server connection fail');
+      }
+    );
+
     if (environment.enableAnalytics) {
       (<any>window).ga('create', environment.analyticsKey, 'auto');
     }
diff --git a/src/app/providers/api-service.ts b/src/app/providers/api-service.ts
index 8307371..a468ee9 100644
--- a/src/app/providers/api-service.ts
+++ b/src/app/providers/api-service.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ export class ApiService {
     localStorage.removeItem('sessionKey');
   }
 
+  public checkDatabaseConnection() {
+    return this.http.post<any>(
+      this.apiUrl,
+      null
+    );
+  }
+
   public register(data) {
     return this.http.post<any>(
       this.apiUrl + '/register',