I want to extract data from current URL and use it in controller. For example I have this url:
app.dev/backend/surveys/2
Bits that I want to extract:
app.dev/backend/ :type / :id
Is there anything in Angular that could help me with this task ?
I want to extract data from current URL and use it in controller. For example I have this url:
app.dev/backend/surveys/2
Bits that I want to extract:
app.dev/backend/ :type / :id
Is there anything in Angular that could help me with this task ?
To get parameters from URL with ngRoute
. It means that you will need to include angular-route.js in your application as a dependency. More information how to do this on official ngRoute documentation.
The solution for the question:
// You need to add 'ngRoute' as a dependency in your app
angular.module('ngApp', ['ngRoute'])
.config(function ($routeProvider, $locationProvider) {
// configure the routing rules here
$routeProvider.when('/backend/:type/:id', {
controller: 'PagesCtrl'
});
// enable HTML5mode to disable hashbang urls
$locationProvider.html5Mode(true);
})
.controller('PagesCtrl', function ($routeParams) {
console.log($routeParams.id, $routeParams.type);
});
If you don't enable the $locationProvider.html5Mode(true);
. Urls will use hashbang(/#/
).
More information about routing can be found on official angular $route API documentation.
Side note: This question is answering how to achieve this using ng-Route however I would recommend using the ui-Router for routing. It is more flexible, offers more functionality, the documentations is great and it is considered the best routing library for angular.
You could inject $routeParams
to your controller and access all the params that where used when the route was resolved.
E.g.:
// route was: app.dev/backend/:type/:id
function MyCtrl($scope, $routeParams, $log) {
// use the params
$log.info($routeParams.type, $routeParams.id);
};
See angular $routeParams documentation for further information.
Better would have been generate url like
app.dev/backend?type=surveys&id=2
and then use
var type=$location.search().type;
var id=$location.search().id;
and inject $location in controller.
In your route configuration you typically define a route like,
.when('somewhere/:param1/:param2')
You can then either get the route in the resolve object by using $route.current.params
or in a controller, $routeParams
. In either case the parameters is extracted using the mapping of the route, so param1
can be accessed by $routeParams.param1
in the controller.
Edit: Also note that the mapping has to be exact
/some/folder/:param1
Will only match a single parameter.
/some/folder/:param1/:param2
Will only match two parameters.
This is a bit different then most dynamic server side routes. For example NodeJS (Express) route mapping where you can supply only a single route with X number of parameters.
ex: url/:id
var sample= app.controller('sample', function ($scope, $routeParams) {
$scope.init = function () {
var qa_id = $routeParams.qa_id;
}
});
Just inject the routeParams service:
http://docs.angularjs.org/api/ngRoute.$routeParams