How to globally access a variable contained in Editor's "ajax:function()" call?

edwardgeyh

Greetings all,

I am starting with the Editor's Ajax override example: https://editor.datatables.net/examples/advanced/localstorage.html. I use the provided Javascript to define a controller for a custom widget I am building for use on a webpage, I use the example's HTML in its template definition, and the identified JS libraries are loaded as resources. The example works fine in my page.

I then choose to initialize the table from an external variable that I create and supply through the controller "var todo = $scope.properties.tableInput", where "todo" is the variable defined in the example otherwise sourced from localStorage, and this works fine as well.

Now I need to access from outside the instantiated editor the variables defined in its ajax:function(). For example, what I want to realize in the controller is $scope.properties.outputValues = JSON.stringify(output.data) and $scope.properties.outputAction = d.action, where "output" and "d" are the variables defined in the example's script.

I have tried several things but have been unable to progress beyond eyeing the data I want for "Edit" and "New" actions in the console log...

Thanks in advance,
Edward

allan

Hi Edward,

Now I need to access from outside the instantiated editor the variables defined in its ajax:function().

The best way of doing this is to define a function in your scope that will set the properties (and then take any action you need on them), allowing you to pass them from the ajax function - e.g.:

ajax: function (method, url, d, successCallback, errorCallback) {
  $scope.myMethod( d.action, d.data );
  ...
}

Of course it depends on what your $scope object actually is, how you define properties and methods on it, and if it has any reactivity available, but I'd say that this is probably the simplest approach.

Allan

edwardgeyh

Allan, thanks for the suggestion. This approach worked fine - after hitting AngularJS over the head with a $scope.$apply().