Restangular: getList with object containing embedded array

Guilhem Soulas picture Guilhem Soulas · Feb 25, 2014 · Viewed 22k times · Source

In my AngularJS project I'm trying to use the Restangular getList method but it's returning an error because the API response is not directly an array but an object containing an array.

{
  "body": [
    // array elements here
  ],
  "paging": null,
  "error": null
}

The Restangular error message is:

Error: Response for getList SHOULD be an array and not an object or something else

Is it possible to tell Restangular that the array it's looking for is inside the body property?

Answer

Mikke picture Mikke · Feb 25, 2014

Yes, see the Restangular documentation. You can configure Restangular like so:

rc.setResponseExtractor(function(response, operation) {
    if (operation === 'getList') {
        var newResponse = response.body;
        newResponse.paging = response.paging;
        newResponse.error = response.error;
        return newResponse;
    }
    return response;
});

Edit: It seems Restangular's API is now changed, for the better, and that the current method to use is addResponseInterceptor. Some adjustments might be needed to the function passed.