Get specific object by id from array of objects in AngularJS

Question

I have a JSON file containing some data I d like to access on my AngularJS website. Now what I want is to get only one object from the array. So I d like for example Item with id 1.

The data looks like this:

{ "results": [
    {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Test"
    },
    {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Beispiel"
    },
    {
        "id": 3,
        "name": "Sample"
    }
] }

I d like to load the data with AngularJS $http functionality like this:

$http.get("data/SampleData.json");

which is working. But how can I now get a specific data object (by id) from the array I get from $http.get ?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Greets Marc

Answer 1

Using ES6 solution

For those still reading this answer, if you are using ES6 the find method was added in arrays. So assuming the same collection, the solution'd be:

const foo = { "results": [
    {
        "id": 12,
        "name": "Test"
    },
    {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Beispiel"
    },
    {
        "id": 3,
        "name": "Sample"
    }
] };
foo.results.find(item => item.id === 2)

I'd totally go for this solution now, as is less tied to angular or any other framework. Pure Javascript.

Angular solution (old solution)

I aimed to solve this problem by doing the following:

$filter('filter')(foo.results, {id: 1})[0];

A use case example:

app.controller('FooCtrl', ['$filter', function($filter) {
    var foo = { "results": [
        {
            "id": 12,
            "name": "Test"
        },
        {
            "id": 2,
            "name": "Beispiel"
        },
        {
            "id": 3,
            "name": "Sample"
        }
    ] };

    // We filter the array by id, the result is an array
    // so we select the element 0

    single_object = $filter('filter')(foo.results, function (d) {return d.id === 2;})[0];

    // If you want to see the result, just check the log
    console.log(single_object);
}]);

Plunker: http://plnkr.co/edit/5E7FYqNNqDuqFBlyDqRh?p=preview