RESTAngular: GET request - objects array

Question

I'm trying to make a simple get request for hours, but it just not working. I have a service which responsible of the array , when I defined the array I call service that I built for the restAngular functions.

the first service:

app.factory('ServiceArray',function($filter,restAngularService){

        var Cards = restAngularService.getC();
        console.log(Cards);
return{
            getCards : function(){
                return Cards;
            }
}
//more code...

}

I get undefined from the console.log

the restAngular service :

 app.factory('restAngularService',function($filter,Restangular){
    var Accounts = Restangular.all('api');
    var baseAccounts = Accounts.one('get');
    return{
        getC : function(){
            var Cards = [];
            if(baseAccounts.get()){
                baseAccounts.getList().then(function(b) {
                    console.log(b.plain());
                    Cards = b.plain();
                    return Cards;

                });

            } else {
                return Cards = [{}];
            }
    }
}

from this console.log I get :

[Object, Object]

the controller code :

$scope.Cards = ServiceArray.getCards();
condole.log($scope.Cards);

I get undefined from the console.log

Answer 1

try to return a promise from your getC method like this:

app.factory('restAngularService',function($filter,Restangular, $q){
    var Accounts = Restangular.all('api');
    var baseAccounts = Accounts.one('get');

    var deferred = $q.defer();

    return{
        getC : function(){
            var Cards = [];
            if(baseAccounts.get()){
                baseAccounts.getList().then(function(b) {
                    console.log(b.plain()[0]);
                    Cards = b.plain()[0];
                    deferred.resolve(Cards);
                });
            } else {
                deferred.resolve([{}]);
            }

           return deferred.promise;
    }
}

And then you use this service in your controller like this:

var Cards;
restAngularService.getC().then(function(cards){
  Cards = cards;
  console.log(Cards);
});

UPD since your method baseAccounts.getList() is asynchronous it returns promise. So you can't just call it synchronously. So you call it, and add a callback with then. And this callback will be executed when your promise is resolved (eg you get your JSON from the net)