Global objects via services in Angular

Question

After entering my application my GlobalApplicationController initializes some services used through the whole application (like subscribing to sockets, etc.). It would be pretty handy to have a CurrentUser object - but I'm not sure about the object I get

@app.factory 'CurrentUser', ($http) ->
  user = $http({
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'users/me'
  }).then (data) ->
    return data

The returned object contains a $$state object. To get to the actual data I need to call CurrentUser.$$state.value.data.

I want my service to be called like CurrentUser.email (or whatever attribute), but I have no idea what type this returned object is or why I'm getting it.

Edit: I've found out that the returned object I get is the $http object (due to coffeescript). Is there a way to return the data (not a promise)?

charlietfl · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-21 19:28:53Z

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From $http General Usage then() docs:

The response object has these properties:

data – {string|Object} – The response body transformed with the transform functions.
status – {number} – HTTP status code of the response.
headers – {function([headerName])} – Header getter function.
config – {Object} – The configuration object that was used to generate the request.
statusText – {string} – HTTP status text of the response.

So you would want to change

return data

To

return data.data

answered May 21, 2016 at 19:28

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nehalist Over a year ago

I've found out that the returned object is actually the $http object (due to coffeescripts), not the returned value within the then(). Assigning the value of the returned data to a variable and return it isn't possible, since the promise isn't fulfilled at the time the function is called (at least I think so). I'm not too familiar with promises, but any ideas how to solve that?

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