I’m a little late to the thread, but if you’re using Grunt I’ve had great success with grunt-ng-constant. The config section for ngconstant in my Gruntfile.js looks like ngconstant: { options: { name: ‘config’, wrap: ‘”use strict”;\n\n{%= __ngModule %}’, space: ‘ ‘ }, development: { options: { dest: ‘<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/config.js’ }, constants: { ENV: … Read more
Explanation You got different things here: First: If you use a service you will get the instance of a function (“this” keyword). If you use a factory you will get the value that is returned by invoking the function reference (the return statement in factory). ref: angular.service vs angular.factory Second: Keep in mind all providers … Read more
TLDR: In one line the command you are looking for: angular.element(document.body).injector().get(‘serviceName’) Deep dive AngularJS uses Dependency Injection (DI) to inject services/factories into your components,directives and other services. So what you need to do to get a service is to get the injector of AngularJS first (the injector is responsible for wiring up all the dependencies … Read more
From the AngularJS mailing list I got an amazing thread that explains service vs factory vs provider and their injection usage. Compiling the answers: Services Syntax: module.service( ‘serviceName’, function ); Result: When declaring serviceName as an injectable argument you will be provided with an instance of the function. In other words new FunctionYouPassedToService(). Factories Syntax: … Read more