I'm trying to figure out how to use the timeout property of a $resource to dynamically cancel pending requests. Ideally, I'd like to just be able to cancel requests with certain attributes (based on the params sent), but it seems this may not be possible. In the meantime, I'm just trying to cancel all pending requests, and then resetting the timeout promise to allow new requests.
The issue seems to be that the $resource configuration only allows a single, static promise for the timeout value. It makes sense how I could do this if I was making individual $http calls, since I could just pass in new promises for the timeout, but how can this work for a $resource? I have set up an example plunker here: http://plnkr.co/edit/PP2tqDYXh1NAOU3yqCwP?p=preview
Here's my controller code:
app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope, $timeout, $q, $resource) {
$scope.canceller = $q.defer();
$scope.pending = 0;
$scope.actions = [];
var API = $resource(
'index.html', {}, {
get: {
method: 'GET',
timeout: $scope.canceller.promise
}
}
)
$scope.fetchData = function() {
if ($scope.pending) {
$scope.abortPending();
}
$scope.pending = 1;
$scope.actions.push('request');
API.get({}, function() {
$scope.actions.push('completed');
$scope.pending = 0;
}, function() {
$scope.actions.push('aborted');
});
}
$scope.abortPending = function() {
$scope.canceller.resolve();
$scope.canceller = $q.defer();
}
});
Right now, the canceller works when there is a pending request, but I don't seem to be able to reset it - once one request is aborted, all future requests will be aborted as well.
I'm sure I'm missing something, since being able to cancel pending requests seems like a pretty crucial feature of most web applications (at least that I've built).
Thanks
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