seanv17 / angular_books_api_with_services

Use the books API - move $http out of the controller and into a Service

Angular Services Practice

Objectives
Make use of a service to extract http from the controller
Interact with promises

In this lab, you'll be creating a simple library app to keep track of books.

Research

1. Start the server (use budo or python or ruby)

2. Open your browser. Open your javascript console. Verify which features of the site are working, which aren't.

   • Working: [ index, show, delete ]
   • Not working: [ update ] You should see an error in the browser console

3. View the BooksIndexController - observe how it uses the service instead of $http. Take a look at BookService#query method. See how it handles $http for the Controller?

Refactor

Add the BookService

1. In your BooksShowController add the service as a dependency.

Hey! You just fixed update! (That one was already implemented with the service for you.)

BooksShowController#getBook

1. Refactor the getBook method to NOT use $http; instead use BookService.get(id).then.

   It might be helpful to look at the BooksIndexController or the updateBook method in this controller. The book service returns only the requested book when it resolves the promise. It handles the http stuff, so you shouldn't need to dig down into a response object in the controller.

2. When you're done the page should still work. CMD+SHIFT+R

BookService#remove & BooksShowController#deleteBook

1. The service has everything implemented except remove. Edit book.service.js - complete the remove method.

   1. Take a look at the other methods in the service. They all follow a very similar pattern.
   2. Complete the remove method.

2. Update the controller to remove the final call to $http - use your fixed remove method in the BookService.

3. Test everything.

ngResource

You can do the same thing with a lot less code using ngResource.
Check out the code for the ngResource solution and compare.