In Angular, I need to search objects in an array

Question

In Angular, I have in scope a object which returns lots of objects. Each has an ID (this is stored in a flat file so no DB, and I seem to not be able to user ng-resour

Answer 1

A dirty and easy solution could look like

$scope.showdetails = function(fish_id) {
    angular.forEach($scope.fish, function(fish, key) {
        fish.more = fish.id == fish_id;
    });
};

Answer 2

To add to @migontech's answer and also his address his comment that you could "probably make it more generic", here's a way to do it. The below will allow you to search by any property:

.filter('getByProperty', function() {
    return function(propertyName, propertyValue, collection) {
        var i=0, len=collection.length;
        for (; i<len; i++) {
            if (collection[i][propertyName] == +propertyValue) {
                return collection[i];
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
});

The call to filter would then become:

var found = $filter('getByProperty')('id', fish_id, $scope.fish);

Note, I removed the unary(+) operator to allow for string-based matches...

Answer 3

Angularjs already has filter option to do this , https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/filter/filter

Answer 4

Saw this thread but I wanted to search for IDs that did not match my search. Code to do that:

found = $filter('filter')($scope.fish, {id: '!fish_id'}, false);

Answer 5

You can use the existing $filter service. I updated the fiddle above http://jsfiddle.net/gbW8Z/12/

 $scope.showdetails = function(fish_id) {
     var found = $filter('filter')($scope.fish, {id: fish_id}, true);
     if (found.length) {
         $scope.selected = JSON.stringify(found[0]);
     } else {
         $scope.selected = 'Not found';
     }
 }

Angular documentation is here http://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng.filter:filter

Answer 6

Your solutions are correct but unnecessary complicated. You can use pure javascript filter function. This is your model:

     $scope.fishes = [{category:'freshwater', id:'1', name: 'trout', more:'false'},  {category:'freshwater', id:'2', name:'bass', more:'false'}];

And this is your function:

     $scope.showdetails = function(fish_id){
         var found = $scope.fishes.filter({id : fish_id});
         return found;
     };

You can also use expression:

     $scope.showdetails = function(fish_id){
         var found = $scope.fishes.filter(function(fish){ return fish.id === fish_id });
         return found;
     };

More about this function: LINK