How to make blocking http request in AngularJS so that i can use the $http response on very next line?
In the following example, $http object doesn't return the result to the next line so that I can pass this result to fullcalender(), a JavaScript library, because $scope.data returns blank value.
This is the sample code:
$http.get('URL').success(function(data){
$scope.data = data;
});
$.fullCalender({
data: $scope.data
});
You can use promises for that.
here is an example:
$scope.myXhr = function(){
var deferred = $q.defer();
$http({
url: 'ajax.php',
method: 'POST',
data:postData,
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
})
//if request is successful
.success(function(data,status,headers,config){
//resolve the promise
deferred.resolve('request successful');
})
//if request is not successful
.error(function(data,status,headers,config){
//reject the promise
deferred.reject('ERROR');
});
//return the promise
return deferred.promise;
}
$scope.callXhrAsynchronous = function(){
var myPromise = $scope.myXhr();
// wait until the promise return resolve or eject
//"then" has 2 functions (resolveFunction, rejectFunction)
myPromise.then(function(resolve){
alert(resolve);
}, function(reject){
alert(reject)
});
}
$http? IT's a bad practice to wrap existing promises in deferreds
$http is async
You can't, you'll need deal with it through promises, but you could try do it like this:
$http.get('URL').success(function(data){
angular.copy(data, $scope.data);
});
$.fullCalender({
data: $scope.data
});
but most people would just do
$http.get('URL').success(function(data){
$.fullCalender({
data: data
});
});
If whatever your fullCalender object is doesn't work with async data, you might need to wrap it in something like ng-if or force it to redraw when the data has been supplied. You can also force the controller to not load until the data is loaded by using the route resolve.
Here is a practical answer, courtesy of user Kirill Slatin who posted the answer as a comment. Practical use example at the bottom of the answer.
If, like me, you need to use that response object as a scope variable, this should work:
$http.get('URL').success(function(data){
$scope.data = data;
$.fullCalender = $scope.data;
$scope.$apply()
});
$scope.$apply() is what will persist the response object so you can use that data.
-
Why would you need to do this?
I'd been trying to create an "edit" page for my recipes app.
I needed to populate my form with the selected recipe's data.
After making my GET request, and passing the response data to the $scope.form, I got nothing... $scope.$apply() and Kirill Slatin helped big time. Cheers mate!
Here's the example from my editRecipeController:
$http.get('api/recipe/' + currentRecipeId).then(
function (data) {
$scope.recipe = data.data;
$scope.form = $scope.recipe;
$scope.$apply()
}
);
Hope that helps!
$.fullCalendar....inside success callback and call$scope.$apply()after that