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Make each new item created in a list (each one with a different ID) execute a certain function automatically

I explain myself: I have a Sharepoint custom list and I'm using AngularJS to call this list. With the data I obtain from the list, I'm making a "single bar chart" for each item in this list. I'm using jquery.lineProgressbar.js to make the charts.
I'm doing the table with ng-repeat. And I need to provide a different ID name to each "chart div", otherwise the jquery.lineProgressbar.js won't work. Here's my HTML:
<table>
<tr>
<td>Name</td>
<td>Productivity percentage</td>
</tr>
<tr ng-repeat="item in items">
<td>{{item.Name}}</td>
<td>
<!-- The "ng-attr-id" provides the div a different ID depending the name they introduce. i.e.: "chart-Person1" -->
<div ng-attr-id="{{'chart-' + item.Name}}" data-percentage="{{item.Productivity_x0020_percentage}}"></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
and my main problem, the SCRIPT:
<script>
//I need to call each chart, one by one like this:
chartFunction('chart-Person1');
chartFunction('chart-Person2');
chartFunction('chart-Person3');
chartFunction('chart-Person4');
//and I need to make this automatically,
//because people will submit new items whenever they want,
//and I can't be updating the script each time someone uploads something.
function chartFunction(elementID) {
var dataPercentage = $("#" + elementID).data('percentage');
//this calls the chart code
$("#" + elementID).LineProgressbar({
//it says that the div selected will have a "percentage" equals to the percentage they wrote in the list.
percentage: dataPercentage
});
}
</script>
I have a Plunker. It is a little different because it has a function which runs the charts only when they're in the viewport, and it doesn't use AngularJS. But it's only so you can see how it works: my Plunker
So, as I said in my code, I need to call each new element added to the sharepoint list, but I can't be creating new calls in my code each time someone uploads an item. Thanks in advance for your help.

I've found the solution to this.
I needed to do it directly in the call of the list (in the Angular code).
<script>
var myApp = angular
.module('myApp', [])
.controller('myController', function ($scope, $http) {
//first I call the Sharepoint List with AngularJS
$http({
method: 'GET',
url: "SiteURL/_api/web/lists/getByTitle('Employees List')/items?$select=*",
headers: { "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose" }
}).then(function onSuccess(response) {
//If the call is successful I create an empty Array called "peopleArray"
//Here I will store the names of the divs which will run the chart's code
$scope.items = response.data.d.results;
var theItems = $scope.items,
peopleArray = [];
//I run a loop to go through all the items in the Sharepoint list
//I assign a name for each person in the "peopleArray"
for(var i=0; i<theItems.length; i++) {
var currentItem = theItems[i];
peopleArray.push('chart-' + currentItem.Name);
};
//I run another loop, this one goes through the "peopleArray"
//each item executes the function below with the div name assigned in the previous loop
for(var z=0; z<peopleArray.length; z++) {
chartFunction(peopleArray[z]);
}
//and this is the function to make the charts for each person
function chartFunction(elementID) {
var dataPercentage = $("#" + elementID).data('percentage');
$("#" + elementID).LineProgressbar({
percentage:dataPercentage
});
}
}).catch(function onError(response) {
//In case of Error, it will pop an alert
alert("Error! The charts can't be loaded.");
});
});
</script>

AngularJS share data between nested components properly

I want to embed a nested component in a page.
(A page is actually a controller that can be reached via the $routeProvider service)
And I want to bring data from the main component to its child component and vice versa - in order to make all of the components in the page and the page itself talking with each other in a full data binding.
I success to send data from parent to child with specific bindings attributes, however, I am not getting a way to bring data from child to parent.
// lobby.js - the main page.
// we can reach this page via browser by the $routeProvider service
app.config(($routeProvider) => {
$routeProvider
.when("/", {
templateUrl : "screens/lobby/lobby.html"
})
});
app.controller("lobby", ($scope, datepickerService) => {
$scope.title = "Welcome to Lobby screen!";
$scope.order = {};
$scope.send = function() {
console.log($scope.order);
};
});
Lobby.html
<!-- This is lobby.html file -->
<!-- Which is the html template of the main page (lobby.js) -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="screens/lobby/lobby.css">
<div class="lobby" ng-controller="lobby">
<date-picker type="default" model="startDate"></date-picker>
<date-picker type="default" model="endDate"></date-picker>
<button type="button" name="button" ng-click="send()">Send</button>
</div>
Now as you can see, in the lobby.html file I have a nested component which is <date-picker></date-picker>. From parent I pass to this child component two attributes: type and model.
Now lets see this component functionality:
// datepicker.js component (actually defined as a directive)
// Initializing a datepicker plugin from jQuery UI Lib.
app.directive("datePicker", (datepickerService) => {
return {
templateUrl: "/shared/datepicker/datepicker.html",
scope: {
model: "#",
type: "#",
},
link: function(scope, elements, attrs) {
$(function() {
setTimeout(function () {
$("." + scope.model).datepicker({
onSelect: function(value) {
value = datepickerService.correct(value);
$("." + scope.model).val(value);
console.log(value);
}
});
}, 200);
});
}
}
});
datepicker.html
<!-- datepicker.html the datepicker html template -->
<!-- Successfuly getting the datepicker to be loaded and work -->
<box ng-show="type=='default'">
<input type="text" class="{{model}}" readonly>
</box>
Now the problem: notice the:
// lobby.js
$scope.send = function() {
console.log($scope.order);
};
in the lobby.js file.
I need this to send the actual startDate and endDate to a remote server. However I cannot access this data! $scope.order remains blank.
I have tried using components instead of directives I have tried ng-include I have tried more lot of things that I wont bother you with, since I have spent on it more than 3 days.
How can I work with nested components so all of the data will be shared through each of them, including the main page in AngularJS in order to create a scaleable modern app?
Thanks.

For sending data from parent to child angular provides the $broadcast() method and for sending data from child to parent it provides the $emit() method.
More info:
http://www.binaryintellect.net/articles/5d8be0b6-e294-457e-82b0-ba7cc10cae0e.aspx

I think you have to reference your startDate and endDate within your order object. Right now it seems you save those directly on your $scope.
Try this to verify:
console.log($scope.order, $scope.startDate, $scope.endDate);
add "order." in front your objects within the model attribute.
<!-- This is lobby.html file -->
<!-- Which is the html template of the main page (lobby.js) -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="screens/lobby/lobby.css">
<div class="lobby" ng-controller="lobby">
<date-picker type="default" model="order.startDate"></date-picker>
<date-picker type="default" model="order.endDate"></date-picker>
<button type="button" name="button" ng-click="send()">Send</button>
</div>
Also, you might also need to change the attribute definition of your component to use bidirectional binding. Use "=" instead of "#". # only represents a copy of the value when getting passed to your component and not saved back to the original object.
...
scope: {
model: "=",
type: "#",
},
...
Update:
Please find my working Plunker here https://embed.plnkr.co/2TVbcplXIJ01BMJFQbgv/

Use http cookie value in an Angular template

I have angular working in one of my ASP.NET MVC applications. I am using two html templates with Angular Routing. One is a list of current Favorites that comes from the database and is serialized into json from my Web API and used by angular to list those items from the database.
The second html template is a form that will be used to add new favorites. When the overall page that includes my angular code loads, it has a cookie named currentSearch which is holding the value of whatever the last search parameters executed by the user.
I would like to inject this value into my angular html template (newFavoriteView.html) for the value of a hidden input named and id'd searchString.
I have tried using jQuery, but had problems, plus I would much rather do this inside of angular and somehow pass the value along to my template or do the work inside the view(template). However, I know the latter would be bad form. Below is the code I think is important for one to see in order to understand what I am doing.
Index.cshtml (My ASP.NET VIEW)
#{
ViewBag.Title = "Render Search";
ViewBag.InitModule = "renderIndex";
}
<div class="medium-12 column">
<div data-ng-view=""></div>
</div>
#section ngScripts {
<script src="~/ng-modules/render-index.js"></script>
}
Setting the cookie in the MVC Controller
private void LastSearch()
{
string lastSearch = null;
if (Request.Url != null)
{
var currentSearch = Request.Url.LocalPath + "?" +
Request.QueryString;
if (Request.Cookies["currentSearch"] != null)
{
lastSearch = Request.Cookies["currentSearch"].Value;
ViewBag.LastSearch = lastSearch;
}
if (lastSearch != currentSearch)
{
var current = new HttpCookie("currentSearch", currentSearch){
Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(1) };
Response.Cookies.Set(current);
var previous = new HttpCookie("lastSearch", lastSearch) {
Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(1) };
Response.Cookies.Set(previous);
}
}
}
render-index.js
angular
.module("renderIndex", ["ngRoute"])
.config(config)
.controller("favoritesController", favoritesController)
.controller("newFavoriteController", newFavoriteController);
function config($routeProvider) {
$routeProvider
.when("/", {
templateUrl: "/ng-templates/favoritesView.html",
controller: "favoritesController",
controllerAs: "vm"
})
.when("/newsearch", {
templateUrl: "/ng-templates/newFavoriteView.html",
controller: "newFavoriteController",
controllerAs: "vm"
})
.otherwise({ redirectTo: "/" });
};
function favoritesController($http) {
var vm = this;
vm.searches = [];
vm.isBusy = true;
$http.get("/api/favorites")
.success(function (result) {
vm.searches = result;
})
.error(function () {
alert('error/failed');
})
.then(function () {
vm.isBusy = false;
});
};
function newFavoriteController($http, $window) {
var vm = this;
vm.newFavorite = {};
vm.save = function () {
$http.post("/api/favorites", vm.newFavorite)
.success(function (result) {
var newFavorite = result.data;
//TODO: merge with existing topics
alert("Thanks for your post");
})
.error(function () {
alert("Your broken, go fix yourself!");
})
.then(function () {
$window.location = "#/";
});
};
};
favoritesView.html
<div class="container">
<h3>New Favorite</h3>
<form name="newFavoriteForm" ng-submit="vm.save()">
<fieldset>
<div class="row">
<div class="medium-12 column">
<input name="searchString" id="searchString" type="hidden"
ng-model="vm.newFavorite.searchString"/>
<label for="title">Name</label><br />
<input name="title" type="text"
ng-model="vm.newFavorite.name"/>
<label for="title">Description</label><br />
<textarea name="body" rows="5" cols="30"
ng-model="vm.newTopic.description"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="medium-12 column">
<input type="submit" class="tiny button radius" value="Save"/> |
Cancel
</div>
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
</div>
My current attepts have been using jQuery at the end of the page after Angular has loaded and grab the cookie and stuff it in the hidden value. But I was not able to get that to work. I also thought about setting the value as a javascript variable (in my c# page) and then using that variable in angular some how. AM I going about this the right way?
Or should it be handled in the angular controller?...
I'm new to angular and the Angular Scope and a bit of ignorance are getting in the way. If any other info is needed I can make it available, thanks if you can help or guide me in the right direction.

You can do it by reading the cookie value using JavaScript, set it as a property of the $scope object and access it on the template.
//Inside your controllers
function favoritesController($http, $scope) {
//Get the cookie value using Js
var cookie = document.cookie; //the value is returned as a semi-colon separated key-value string, so split the string and get the important value
//Say the cookie string returned is 'currentSearch=AngularJS'
//Split the string and extract the cookie value
cookie = cookie.split("="); //I am assuming there's only one cookie set
//make the cookie available on $scope, can be accessed in templates now
$scope.searchString = cookie[1];
}
EXTRA NOTE
In AngularJS, the scope is the glue between your application's controllers and your view. The controller and the view share this scope object. The scope is like the model of your application. Since both the controller and the view share the same scope object, it can be used to communicate between the two. The scope can contain the data and the functions that will run in the view. Take note that every controller has its own scope. The $scope object must be injected into the controller if you want to access it.
For example:
//inject $http and $scope so you can use them in the controller
function favoritesController($http, $scope) {
Whatever is stored on the scope can be accessed on the view and the value of a scope property can also be set from the view. The scope object is important for Angular's two-way data binding.

Sorry if I'm misunderstanding or over-simplifying, but...assuming JavaScript can read this cookie-value, you could just have your controller read it and assign it to a $scope variable?
If JavaScript can't read the value, then you could have your ASP write the value to a JavaScript inline script tag. This feels yuckier though.
Update to show controller-as example.
Assuming your HTML looked something vaguely like this:
<div ng-controller="MyController as controller">
<!-- other HTML goes here -->
<input name="searchString" id="searchString" type="hidden" ng-model="controller.data.currentSearch"/>
Then your controller may look something like this:
app.controller('MyController', function ($scope, $cookies) {
$scope.data = {
currentSearch: $cookies.currentSearch
};
// Note that the model is nested in a 'data' object to ensure that
// any ngIf (or similar) directives in your HTML pass by reference
// instead of value (so 2-way binding works).
});

delete row(s) from ng-grid table from button

I have a table with ng-grid, and the problem is that i'm not sure how to collect the selected row(s) id or variable to pass into my delete function.
here is a quick mockup of what i'm trying to do
http://plnkr.co/edit/zy653RrqHmBiRJ7xDHlV?p=preview
the following code is from my html, a clickable delete button that takes in 2 parameters, the array of checkbox ids and the index at the corresponding table. This delete method was obtained from this tutorial : http://alexpotrykus.com/blog/2013/12/07/angularjs-with-rails-4-part-1/
<div class="btn-group">
<button class="my-btn btn-default button-row-provider-medical-services" ng-click="deleteProviderMedicalService([], $index)">Delete</button>
</button>
</div>
<div class="gridStyle ngGridTable" ng-grid="gridOptions">
</div>
The following code grabs the json data from a url, queries it and returns it. It also contains the delete function that gets called from the controller in the html page.
app.factory('ProviderMedicalService', ['$resource', function($resource) {
function ProviderMedicalService() {
this.service = $resource('/api/provider_medical_services/:providerMedicalServiceId', {providerMedicalServiceId: '#id'});
};
ProviderMedicalService.prototype.all = function() {
return this.service.query();
};
ProviderMedicalService.prototype.delete = function(providerId) {
this.service.remove({providerMedicalServiceId: providerId});
};
return new ProviderMedicalService;
}]);
The following is my controller(not everything, just the most important bits). $scope.provider_medical_services gets the json data and puts it into the ng-grid gridOptions.
After reading the ng-grid docs, i must somehow pass the checkbox ids from the selectedItems array and pass it into html doc to the delete function. Or, i'm just doing this completely wrong, as i hacked this together. Solutions and suggestions are greatly appreciated
(function() {
app.controller('ModalDemoCtrl', ['$scope', 'ProviderMedicalService', '$resource', '$modal', function($scope, ProviderMedicalService, $resource, $modal) {
var checkBoxCellTemplate = '<div class="ngSelectionCell"><input tabindex="-1" class="ngSelectionCheckbox" type="checkbox" ng-checked="row.selected" /></div>';
$scope.provider_medical_services = ProviderMedicalService.all();
$scope.deleteProviderMedicalService = function(ids,idx) {
$scope.provider_medical_services.splice(idx, 1);
return ProviderMedicalService.delete(ids);
};
$scope.gridOptions = {
columnDefs: [
{
cellTemplate: checkBoxCellTemplate,
showSelectionCheckbox: true
},{
field: 'name',
displayName: 'CPT Code/Description'
},{
field: 'cash_price',
displayName: 'Cash Price'
},{
field: 'average_price',
displayName: 'Average Price'
},
],
data: 'provider_medical_services',
selectedItems: []
};

i think the easiest option is pass an (array index) as data-id to your dom, which u can pick it from there.
{{$index}} is a variable you can use in ng-repeat
======= ignore what i said above, since i normaly writes my own custom stuff ======
I just had a look at ng-grid, i took their example. i've added a delete all selected function, as well as someone elses delete current row function ( these is pure angular way ) to see the code, hover over the top right corner < edit in jsbin >
http://jsbin.com/huyodove/1/
Honestsly i don't like it this way, you would be better off use something like lodash to manage your arrays and do your own custom grid. Using foreach to find the row index isn't good performance.
In their doc, it says you can change the row template, and which you should, so you can add the {{index}} to that row, and filter your data through that index rather which is a little bit better. anyway beware of deleting cells after you have filter your table.

I don't quite get much your question, but you can access to selectedItems of ng-grid as following: $scope.gridOptions.$gridScope.selectedItems (see ng-grid API for more information, but technically this array holds the list of selected items in multiple mode - or only one item in single mode)
For your case, the deleteAll() function could be someething like this:
$scope.deleteAll = function() {
$scope.myData = [];
}
The delete() function which delete selected items can be:
$scope.delete = function() {
$.each($scope.gridOptions.$gridScope.selectedItems, function(index, selectedItem) {
//remove the selected item from 'myData' - it is 2-ways binding to any modification to myData will be reflected in ng-grid table
//you could check by either name or unique id of item
});
}

Knockout foreach binding not working

I'm following John Papa's jumpstart course about SPA's and trying to display a list of customers loaded via ASP.NET Web API the knockout foreach binding is not working. The Web API is working fine, I've tested it on it's own and it is returning the correct JSON, because of that I won't post the code for it. The get method simply returns one array of objects, each with properties Name and Email. Although not a good practice, knockout is exposed globaly as ko by loading it before durandal.
I've coded the customers.js view model as follows
define(['services/dataservice'], function(ds) {
var initialized = false;
var customers = ko.observableArray();
var refresh = function() {
return dataservice.getCustomers(customers);
};
var activate = function() {
if (initialized) return;
initialized = true;
return refresh();
};
var customersVM = {
customers: customers,
activate: activate,
refresh: refresh
};
return customersVM;
});
The dataservice module I've coded as follows (I've not wrote bellow the function queryFailed because I know it's not being used)
define(['../model'], function (model) {
var getCustomers = function (customersObservable) {
customersObservable([]);
var options = {url: '/api/customers', type: 'GET', dataType: 'json'};
return $.ajax(options).then(querySucceeded).fail(queryFailed);
function querySucceeded(data) {
var customers = [];
data.forEach(function (item) {
var c = new model.Customer(item);
customers.push(c);
});
customersObservable(customers);
}
};
return {
getCustomers: getCustomers
};
});
Finaly the model module was built as follows:
define(function () {
var Customer = function (dto) {
return mapToObservable(dto);
};
var model = {
Customer: Customer
};
return model;
function mapToObservable(dto) {
var mapped = {};
for (prop in dto)
{
if (dto.hasOwnProperty(prop))
{
mapped[prop] = ko.observable(dto[prop]);
}
}
return mapped;
}
});
The view is then simply a list, it is simply:
<ul data-bind="foreach: customers">
<li data-bind="text: Name"></li>
</ul>
But this doesn't work. Any other binding works, and I've looked on the console window, and it seems the observable array is being filled correctly. The only problem is that this piece of code doesn't show anything on screen. I've reviewed many times the files but I can't seem to find the problem. What's wrong with this?

You can use the knockout.js context debugger chrome extension to help you debug your issue
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/knockoutjs-context-debugg/oddcpmchholgcjgjdnfjmildmlielhof

Well, I just spent a lot of time on an local issue to realize that the ko HTML comment format, if used, should be like this:
<!-- ko foreach: arrecadacoes -->
and NOT like this:
<!-- ko: foreach: arrecadacoes -->
: is NOT used after ko...

I know this question is a little old but I thought I'd add my response in case someone else runs into the same issue I did.
I was using Knockout JS version 2.1.0 and it seems the only way I can get the data to display in a foreach loop was to use:
$data.property
so in the case of your example it would be
$data.Name
Hope this helps

I don't see anywhere in your code that you've called ko.applyBindings on your ViewModel.

KO has a known issue while using foreach in a non-container element like the one above <ul> so you have to use containerless control flow syntax.
e.g.
<ul>
<!-- ko foreach: customers-->
<li data-bind="text: Name"></li>
<!-- /ko -->
</ul>
Ref: http://knockoutjs.com/documentation/foreach-binding.html