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Ethan Hunt
Ethan Hunt

Reputation: 183

Angularjs factory http return value

i've this factory thar call external api that return an array:

angular.module('starter.services', [])
 .factory('PlacesService', function($http) {
  var places = "";
  var request = $http({
    method: "get",
    url: 'http://someurl/getPlaces.php'
  });

 request.then(function (data) {
   places = data.response
 });

 console.log(places); // return empty string

 return {
   all: function() {
     return places;
   },
   get: function(placesId) {
     return places[placesId];
   }
 }
});

Places variable returned by http is an empty string. If I initialize places as an array and the I use places.push(data.response) it works, but return an array of array. Could you help me?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 404

Answers (1)

Todd Miller
Todd Miller

Reputation: 301

Your log here is outside of the context of the promise the $http call is returning. Basically the log gets executed before the promise is resolved, so your string is still empty when the log executes.

Upvotes: 2

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