AngularJS factory http returns empty

angularjs, angularjs-service, factory, http

Solution

You should modify your code to return a promise and use the value in controller pls see dummy modified code

myDemo.factory('photosFactory', function($http) {
 return{
    getPhotos : function() {
        return $http({
            url: 'content/test_data.json',
            method: 'GET'
        })
    }
 }
});

and controller -

controllers.AppCtrl = function($scope, $location, $http, photosFactory) {
    $scope.photos = [];
    photosFactory.getPhotos().success(function(data){
       $scope.photos=data;
   });
};

Problem

I'm trying AngularJS for the first time. I'm getting JSON data from a http-get request using a factory, but the object is returned empty, before the ajax-request is done. Factory: ``` myDemo.factory('photosFactory', function($http) { var photos = []; var factory = {}; factory.getPhotos = function() { $http({ url: 'content/test_data.json', method: 'GET' }).success(function(data, status, headers, config) { photos = data; return photos; }); }; return factory; }); ``` Controller: ``` controllers.AppCtrl = function($scope, $location, $http, photosFactory) { $scope.photos = []; init(); function init() { $scope.photos = photosFactory.getPhotos(); } }; ``` This is what I've come up with. When the controller set $scope.photos, the value is empty as if it returns the photos array before it get populated with the ajax response.

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