Inject dateFilter in a service in AngularJs

Question

I would like to know if there is a way to inject the filters in a service in AngularJs. I've been trying ``` app.factory('educationService', [function($rootScope, $filter) { // ..... Some code // What I want console.log(dateFilter(new Date(), 'yyyy-MM-01')); // ..... Some code }]); ``` So I would like to know if it is possible to inject a filter in a service or maybe it is accessible in another way. And if you have a link to a documentation about this point, it would be really nice :) Been searching in the doc of Angular and I found nothing really helpful about this. Thanks :)

Accepted Answer

First you have to inject the filter like this:

```
app.factory('myService', ['$rootScope', '$filter', function($rootScope, $filter) 
```

(The array is only needed when you use minification in your build process)

To call specific filter programmatically:

```
$filter('date')(new Date(), 'yyyy-MM-01');
```

`$filter(name)`returns the specific filter function, which you can than call with your arguments:

```
var dateFilter = $filter('date');
var filteredDate = dateFilter(new Date(), 'yyyy-MM-01')
```

Inject dateFilter in a service in AngularJs

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