Returning response data from HTTP in Angular factory

Question

.factory('Api', function($http) {
         var API = "http://127.0.0.1:4567/";
         return {
             get: function(method) {
                 return $http.get(API + method).success(function(result) {
                     return result;
                 });
             }
         }
     }

Then

console.log(Api.get("MAppData"));

Returns

Object {then: function, success: function, error: function}

Why does it not return the result (response data)?

i believe it is returning a promise, stackoverflow.com/questions/12505760/… — dm03514
– dm03514, Commented Oct 1, 2013 at 17:02
It might be possible, that it returns some error and you are not catching it. — unknownbits
– unknownbits, Commented Oct 1, 2013 at 17:04

senshin · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-31 18:27:36Z

8

$http returns a promise and you need to chain .then() to get the data like this:

Api.get("MAppData").then(function(response){
    var data = response.data;
});

edited Oct 31, 2014 at 18:27

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answered Oct 1, 2013 at 17:03

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2 Comments

subZero Over a year ago

What if I just want to return the response data instead and not the whole $http object? Or is this against best practice? Thanks for your help!

zs2020 Over a year ago

@subzero You can switch to use $resource, then you should be able to return the $resouce object which is a wrapper of promise and then angularjs can binds it automatically to the view.

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