I'm having this situation I'm iterating over a json response from an endpoint:
chunk of controller code:
$http({
method: 'GET',
url: 'http://mywebsite.com/api/v1/stores/'
}).
success(function(data, status, headers, config) {
$scope.stores = data;
}).
error(function(data, status, headers, config) {
$scope.name = 'Error!';
});
and on my html view side I've got this:
<tbody>
<tr ng-repeat="store in stores">
<td>{{store.name}}</td>
<td> {{store.type}} </td>
<td><span ng-repeat="client in retrieveClientName(store.client_id)">
{{client.name}}
</span>
</td>
<td>{{store.address}}</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
As you can see I'm trying to retrieve the client name using a function that receives an store.client_id from the values inside the stores array. Normally using a function triggered by a ng-click will be easy but how can I achieve this "on the fly" while I'm iterating?. Because executing this I get a kind of infinite loop that breaks all apart.
here is the code of the function that returns client name on the controller side:
$scope.retrieveClientName = function(id) {
$http({
method: 'GET',
url: 'http://mywebsite.com/api/v1/clients?client_id='+id
}).
success(function(data, status, headers, config) {
return $scope.clients=data;
}).
error(function(data, status, headers, config) {
$scope.name = 'Error!';
});
}
I have also try using mg-init directive
<td ng-init="clients=retrieveClientName(store.client_id)"><span ng-repeat="client in clients">{{client.name}}</span></td>
One way would be get all data when you get the stores
back
$http({
method: 'GET',
url: 'http://mywebsite.com/api/v1/stores/'
}).
success(function(data, status, headers, config) {
$scope.stores = data;
angular.forEach($scope.stores, function(store){
$scope.retrieveClientName(store.client_id).then(function(clients){
store.clients = clients;
});
});
}).
error(function(data, status, headers, config) {
$scope.name = 'Error!';
});
Edit: I would change the structure a bit for cleaner code
$scope.retrieveClientName = function(store) { // pass in store so we can attach results here
$http({
method: 'GET',
url: 'http://mywebsite.com/api/v1/clients?client_id='+store.client_id
}).
success(function(data, status, headers, config) {
return store.clients = data; // attach result in object
}).
error(function(data, status, headers, config) {
$scope.name = 'Error!';
});
}
$http({
method: 'GET',
url: 'http://mywebsite.com/api/v1/stores/'
}).
success(function(data, status, headers, config) {
$scope.stores = data;
angular.forEach($scope.stores, function(store){
$scope.retrieveClientName(store); // no need .then here
});
}).
error(function(data, status, headers, config) {
$scope.name = 'Error!';
});
<tbody>
<tr ng-repeat="store in stores">
<td>{{store.name}}</td>
<td> {{store.type}} </td>
<td><span ng-repeat="client in store.clients"> <!-- use data here -->
{{client.name}}
</span>
</td>
<td>{{store.address}}</td>
</tr>
</tbody