Angularjs custom directive using http promise not binding with template

Question

I am new to angularjs and want to add new feature in existing code. But code is not working as expected. I know i am not doing it the right way. Please correct me where is the mistake. I don't know why controller is not used but directive is used in this approach?

Here is my custom service and custom directive directive code.

Service code:

angular.module("quickquiz-builder").service("SettingsService", function ($http, $q) {
    return {
    /* Return deffered promise response */
        get: function() {
            var deferred = $q.defer();
            $http.get('get.php')
            .then(function(response){
                var config = response.data.config;
                config = JSON.parse(config);
                this.generalSettings = config.settings;
                deferred.resolve(this);
            })
            .catch(function(response){
              deferred.reject(response);
            });
            return deferred.promise;
        }
    }
})

Custom Directive:

angular.module("quickquiz-builder").directive("quizbuilderSettings", ["SettingsService", "QuestionsService", "$filter", function (SettingsService, QuestionsService, c) {
    return {
        restrict: "E",
        scope: {},
        templateUrl: "templates/settings.html",
        controllerAs: "ctrl",
        controller: ["$scope", function (scope) {
            SettingsService.get().then(function (data){
    /* get response from service inside callback */
                this.settingsService = data;
                scope.settingsService = this.settingsService;
                this.questionsService = QuestionsService;
                console.log(1);
                console.log(scope.settingsService.generalSettings);
                console.log(1+' end');
            }).catch(function(e){
                console.dir(e);
            });
        }]
    }
}])

The service response is retrieved successfully inside callback in directive. But this response is not binding with view.

A piece of template code is:

<div layout="row" class="option">
    <md-switch class="md-primary var-label" aria-label="graded" ng-model="ctrl.settingsService.generalSettings.graded" ng-change="ctrl.onChangeGraded()">
         <strong>Graded</strong>
    </md-switch>
    <p flex=""><span ng-if="ctrl.settingsService.generalSettings.graded">The quiz has at least one graded question (a question that has a right/wrong answer).</span><span ng-if="!ctrl.settingsService.generalSettings.graded">It's not a graded quiz.</span>
    </p>
</div>

Answer 1

@doublesharp, you are absolutely right. The problem was with data binding and scoping.

1. First we need to bind the data properly inside App directive, so it is available in the view.

   scope.settingsService = this.settingsService;

Which I was doing already right. Because simply with 'this' operator, its scope was inside the promise callback function. 'this' operator was not representing for controller/directive level.

2. Access the value properly in view.

Use

<element nm-model="settingsService.generalSettings.graded"></element>

Instead of

<element nm-model="ctrl.settingsService.generalSettings.graded"></element>

Accessing the variable/object inside view with ctrl (i.e controllerAs) was not according to scope of directive. Because binding at directive level was not with 'this' operator.