AngularJS - API call returning [object object]

Question

I'm trying to call a list of articles from the NPR API. I have a working URL which returns as JSON. However, somewhere in my controller, I'm getting lost getting the object. When I console.log it to test, it returns as [object Object] and nothing else. My service looks like this:

app.factory('nprService', function($resource) {
//call npr api
return $resource('http://api.npr.org/queryid=61&fields=title,byline,text,image,all&output=JSON...

and my controller:

app.controller('ArticleListCtrl', function($scope, nprService) {
//call the service and store as a variable
$scope.article = nprService.get();
});

I've tried using query to get the result, like this, but it's returning a single JSON object so that obviously didn't work.

//call the service and store as a variable
nprService.query(function(data) {
    $scope.article = data;
});

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Ok, I did that. Here was my response: {"$promise":{},"$resolved":false} I don't know about promises so I don't have the faintest idea how to handle that or if I need to use a promise. Any ideas? — camlewis
– camlewis, Commented Jul 15, 2014 at 4:20

rchawdry · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-15 04:50:45Z

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You need to use a promise construct to get at the data. The controller code can be re-written as:

app.controller('ArticleListCtrl', function($scope, nprService) {
//call the service and store as a variable
nprService.get().then(function(result){
    $scope.article = result.data;
});

answered Jul 15, 2014 at 4:50

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camlewis Over a year ago

Thanks for the help. I used this code and started seeing this error Error: 'undefined' is not a function (evaluating 'nprService.get().then(function(result){ $scope.article = result.data; })') I looked into it but can't figure out how I might fix it. Thanks.

bentesha · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-15 05:18:34Z

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The $resource.get() function returns a promise. It should be used this way:

nprService.get().success(function(data, status, headers, config){
    $scope.article = data;
}).error(function(data, status, headers, config){
    console.log(status);
});

answered Jul 15, 2014 at 5:18

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Rizwan · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-07 22:44:04Z

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Using Angular 6 you can try this

myFunctionName(){
this.http.get(`http://www.thesoftdesign.com`)
      .map(res => res.json())
      .subscribe(data => {
        this.data = data;
        console.log('data', this.data);
      });
}

answered Jun 7, 2018 at 22:44

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