Initialize AngularJS Constant using $http.get call response

Question

How can I initialize my angularjs app contant with reponse of a GET request.

For example :-

    angular.module('A',[]);
    angular.module('A').run( function ($rootScope,$http){
      $rootScope.safeApply = function (fn) {

                $http.get('url').success(function(result){

                    // This doesn't work. I am not able to inject 'theConstant' elsewhere in my application
                    angular.module('A').constant('theConstant', result);
                });                   
                var phase = $rootScope.$$phase;
                if (phase === '$apply' || phase === '$digest') {
                    if (fn && (typeof (fn) === 'function')) {
                        fn();
                    }
                } else {
                    this.$apply(fn);
                }
            };
      });

I want to set the constant while my app get initialized and be able to share the constant across my components.

What's is the best approach to accomplish this?

Answer 1

As explained in this blog post, you can init a constant before bootstrapping your app:

(function() {
    var app = angular.module("A", []);

    var initInjector = angular.injector(["ng"]);
    var $http = initInjector.get("$http");

    return $http.get("/path/to/data.json")
        .then(function(response) {
            app.constant("myData", response.data);
        })
        .then(function bootstrapApplication() {
            angular.element(document).ready(function() {
                angular.bootstrap(document, ["A"]);
            });
        });


}());