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Interceptors

Add cross-cutting concerns: logging, response transformation, error handling.

Write an interceptor

Interceptors wrap request/response using NestInterceptor and Observable streams.

import { Injectable, NestInterceptor, ExecutionContext, CallHandler } from '@nestjs/common';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';

@Injectable()
export class TransformInterceptor implements NestInterceptor {
  intercept(context: ExecutionContext, next: CallHandler): Observable<any> {
    return next.handle().pipe(
      map(data => ({ data, timestamp: new Date() }))
    );
  }
}

Apply interceptors

Use @UseInterceptors() on methods, classes, or globally.

@UseInterceptors(TransformInterceptor)
@Get()
findAll() {
  return [{ id: 1, name: 'Ada' }];
}

// output: { data: [...], timestamp: Date }