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PainAndGain
PainAndGain

Reputation: 137

Integrating external files with AngularJs

I've just started using AngularJs. I need to use the SunCalc module to calculate sun positions for my app. I have no idea on how to integrate the file to the app and how to access his different functions while respecting the AngularJs structure. Where to put the file? How to call a function? etc...

Here is a link so you can quickly see the structure of the SunCalc module and hopefully help me. https://github.com/mourner/suncalc/blob/master/suncalc.js

Thanks a lot for your help!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 223

Answers (1)

dfsq
dfsq

Reputation: 193301

Since this library exposes global SunCalc object with bunch of methods, what you can do is simply wrap this lib into custom service.

app.factory('SunCalc', function() {
    return window.SunCalc;
});

Then you could use it like this in controller:

app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope, SunCalc) {
    $scope.position = SunCalc.getTimes(new Date(), 52.3667, 4.9000);
});

In this case you can event add your own methods to this service without messing with original library.

Note, that technically you could use globally accessible SunCalc without creating one more service for this. However using services offers sertain advantages: you can rename it easily, it allows to facade original library API, using global variables error-prone, etc.

Also remember to include script tag before Angular script tag.

Demo: http://plnkr.co/edit/rbATLGfGE2kx32tmEEoX?p=preview

Upvotes: 2

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