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 wi

Answer 1

For anyone looking at this old post, this is the easiest way to do it currently. It only requires an AngularJS $filter. Its like Willemoes answer, but shorter and easier to understand.

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

var object_by_id = $filter('filter')(foo.results, {id: 2 })[0];
// Returns { id: 2, name: "Beispiel" }

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WARNING

As @mpgn says, this doesn't work properly. This will catch more results. Example: when you search 3 this will catch 23 too