AngularJS - wait for multiple resource queries to complete
AngularjsAngularjs Problem Overview
I have a single factory defined with ngResource:
App.factory('Account', function($resource) {
return $resource('url', {}, {
query: { method: 'GET' }
});
});
I am making multiple calls to the query method defined on this factory. The calls can happen asynchronously, but I need to wait for both calls to complete before continuing:
App.controller('AccountsCtrl', function ($scope, Account) {
$scope.loadAccounts = function () {
var billingAccounts = Account.query({ type: 'billing' });
var shippingAccounts = Account.query({ type: 'shipping' });
// wait for both calls to complete before returning
};
});
Is there a way to do this with AngularJS factories defined with ngResource, similar to jQuery's $.when().then() functionality? I would prefer not to add jQuery to my current project.
Angularjs Solutions
Solution 1 - Angularjs
You'll want to use promises and $q.all().
Basically, you can use it to wrap all of your $resource or $http calls because they return promises.
function doQuery(type) {
var d = $q.defer();
var result = Account.query({ type: type }, function() {
d.resolve(result);
});
return d.promise;
}
$q.all([
doQuery('billing'),
doQuery('shipping')
]).then(function(data) {
var billingAccounts = data[0];
var shippingAccounts = data[1];
//TODO: something...
});
Solution 2 - Angularjs
I think a better solution is:
$q.all([
Account.query({ type: 'billing' }).$promise,
Account.query({ type: 'shipping' }).$promise
]).then(function(data) {
var billingAccounts = data[0];
var shippingAccounts = data[1];
//TODO: something...
});
Solution 3 - Angularjs
The solution from Ben Lesh is the best but it's not complete. If you need to handle error conditions--and, yes, you do--then you must use the catch
method on the promise API like this:
$q.all([
doQuery('billing'),
doQuery('shipping')
]).then(function(data) {
var billingAccounts = data[0];
var shippingAccounts = data[1];
//TODO: something...
}).catch(function(data) {
//TODO: handle the error conditions...
}).finally(function () {
//TODO: do final clean up work, etc...
});
If you don't define catch
and all of your promises fail, then the then
method won't ever execute and thus will probably leave your interface in a bad state.