Accessing $scope in AngularJS factory?

Question

I am new to AngularJS and find it very interesting, but I am a bit unclear about the following situation.

app.factory('deleteFac', function($http){  var factory = {};   factory.edit = function(id){   $http.get('?controller=store&action=getDetail&id=' + id).     success(function(data, status){         /**          got an error on the following          when i use return data; and i get data undefined          in the controller which i get it because its doing a ajax call         you don't get data until the call first.         **/         $scope.detail = data;       })     }  return factory; }) 

I am getting error when I assign to $scope and use return data, is there anyway I can assign the return data to the $scope?

Answer 1

You don't typically use $scope inside a factory, service or provider. Usually, you would return the promise (returned by $http) and then handle the promise in a controller (where you do have $scope).

factory.edit = function(id){     return $http.get('?controller=store&action=getDetail&id=' + id); } 

Controller function:

$scope.edit = function(id) {      deleteFac.edit(id).then(function(response) {         $scope.something = response.model;     }); }