Load/Reload the table data from a promise function
In some case, you need to load some new data. This module handles data loading seamlessly.
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If you need to load new data, you just need to override the
dtOptions.fnPromise
with a new function that returns a promise or a promise.
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If you need to reload the data, you just have to call the function
dtOptions.reloadData();
.
angular.module('datatablesSampleApp', ['ngResource', 'datatables']).controller('DataReloadWithPromiseCtrl', DataReloadWithPromiseCtrl);
function DataReloadWithPromiseCtrl(DTOptionsBuilder, DTColumnBuilder, $resource) {
var vm = this;
vm.dtOptions = DTOptionsBuilder.fromFnPromise(function() {
return $resource('data.json').query().$promise;
}).withPaginationType('full_numbers');
vm.dtColumns = [
DTColumnBuilder.newColumn('id').withTitle('ID'),
DTColumnBuilder.newColumn('firstName').withTitle('First name'),
DTColumnBuilder.newColumn('lastName').withTitle('Last name').notVisible()
];
vm.reloadData = reloadData;
vm.changeData = changeData;
function reloadData() {
vm.dtOptions.reloadData();
}
function changeData() {
vm.dtOptions.fnPromise = function() {
return $resource('data1.json').query().$promise;
};
// Or vm.dtOptions.fnPromise = $resource('data1.json').query().$promise;
}
}
data.json
data1.json
[{
"id": 860,
"firstName": "Superman",
"lastName": "Yoda"
}, {
"id": 870,
"firstName": "Foo",
"lastName": "Whateveryournameis"
}, {
"id": 590,
"firstName": "Toto",
"lastName": "Titi"
}, {
"id": 803,
"firstName": "Luke",
"lastName": "Kyle"
},
...
]