Accessing specific json data in AngularJS

Question

I have a json file that includes article information where each article has an id. This is how it is formatted:

[{"title":"ISIS No. 2 killed in US special ops raid",
  "id":"14589192090024090",
  "agency":"foxnews",
  "text":"Article text goes here.",
  "topic":"Politics",
  "imagePath":"resources\/images\/foxnews\/14589192090024090.img.jpg"},
 {"title":", etc etc }]

On my main page I have a list view that shows the title and author and when you click on the article I want it to display the text, topic, etc. My angularJS factory for requesting the json looks like this:

var trooNewsServices = angular.module('trooNewsServices', ['ngResource']);

  trooNewsServices.factory('Articles', ['$resource',
  function($resource){
    return $resource('resources/articles.json');
  }]);

I access the full list of articles in my home page controller by using:

this.articles = Articles.query();

What I am struggling with is when I click on a specific article I want that next page to display that articles info. I am attempting to do this by getting the specific id using $routeParams.id and then looking for the id in the json. Here is the code in my selected article controller:

TrooNews.controller('ArticleController', ['$routeParams','Articles',
    function($routeParams, Articles) {

        //look through articles for specific article using routeparams
        Articles.query().$promise.then(function(articles) {

            for(i = 0; i < articles.length; i++){

                if(articles[i].id===$routeParams.id){
                    this.selectedArticle=articles[i];
                }

            }

        });

        console.log(selectedArticle);
}]);

I get an error 'Could not instantiate controller ArticleController'. How can I access my selectedArticle variable outside the promise function?

Answer 1

TrooNews.controller('ArticleController', ['$routeParams','Articles',
    function($routeParams, Articles) {
       var parent = this;
       parent.selectedArticle = null;
       parent.setSelectedArticle = function(article){
          parent.selectedArticle = article;
       }
       //look through articles for specific article using routeparams
       Articles.query().$promise.then(function(articles) {
          for(i = 0; i < articles.length; i++){
            if(articles[i].id===$routeParams.id){
                parent.setSelectedArticle(articles[i])
                break;
            }
        }
    }); 
}]);