what is the best way to programmatically pass a type to a service?

Question

Using Angular4 I have created services for different databases. Each databases' actions are the same (kinda like CRUD) but have a different API endpoint (but exactly the same functions.)

I was creating a service for each database but I am thinking there must be a better way to manage this.

Is there a way to pass a "name" to a service during an import or in a component so that the service will know which endpoint should be hit?

Example:

import {ApiService} from '../_services/api.service.ts';

and in the service:

let endpoint = enter code here defined from import of component  

private url = '/api/' + endpoint

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Answer 1

Something like

abstract class ApiService {
  protected endpoint;
  protected url;

  constructor(...) {
    this.url = '/api/' + this.endpoint;
  }

  getItems() {
     return this.http(this.url);
  }
}

@Injectable()
class SomeService extends ApiService {
  protected endpoint = 'some';
}

Notice that endpoint is defined as a field and url is assigned explicitly in constructor, this allows to maintain proper order in child class.

what is the best way to programmatically pass a type to a service?

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