.factory('TokenHandler', function() { var tokenHandler = {}; var token = "none"; tokenHandler.set = function( newToken ) { token = newToken; }; tokenHandler.get = function() { return token; }; // wrap given actions of a resource to send auth token with every // request tokenHandler.wrapActions = function( resource, actions ) { // copy original resource var wrappedResource = resource; for (var i=0; i < actions.length; i++) { tokenWrapper( wrappedResource, actions[i] ); }; // return modified copy of resource return wrappedResource; }; // wraps resource action to send request with auth token var tokenWrapper = function( resource, action ) { // copy original action resource['_' + action] = resource[action]; // create new action wrapping the original and sending token resource[action] = function( data, success, error){ return resource['_' + action]( angular.extend({}, data || {}, {access_token: tokenHandler.get()}), success, error ); }; }; return tokenHandler; }); ----------------------- Use: ------------------------- var resource = $resource('http://localhost:port/todos/:id', { port:":3001", id:'@id' }, { update: {method: 'PUT'} }); resource = tokenHandler.wrapActions( resource, ["query", "update", "save"] ); return resource; }])