# Angular Poller
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Lightweight [AngularJS](http://angularjs.org/) poller service which can be easily injected into controllers. It uses a timer and sends requests every few seconds to keep the client synced with the server. Angular Poller supports `$resource`, `$http` and `Restangular`.

Demo: http://emmaguo.github.io/angular-poller/

## Table of contents
- [Install](#install)
- [Quick configuration](#quick-configuration)
- [Advanced usage](#advanced-usage)
    - [Customize $resource poller](#customize-resource-poller)
    - [Customize $http poller](#customize-http-poller)
    - [Customize Restangular poller](#customize-restangular-poller)
    - [Update argumentsArray while poller is running](#update-argumentsarray-while-poller-is-running)
    - [Error handling](#error-handling)
    - [Multiple pollers](#multiple-pollers)
    - [Multiple controllers](#multiple-controllers)
    - [Only send new request if the previous one is resolved](#only-send-new-request-if-the-previous-one-is-resolved)
    - [Always create new poller on calling poller.get](#always-create-new-poller-on-calling-pollerget)
    - [Automatically stop all pollers when navigating between views](#automatically-stop-all-pollers-when-navigating-between-views)
    - [Automatically reset all pollers when navigating between views](#automatically-reset-all-pollers-when-navigating-between-views)
    - [Automatically adjust poller speed on page visibility change](#automatically-adjust-poller-speed-on-page-visibility-change)
- [Changelog](#changelog)
- [Supported Angular versions](#supported-angular-versions)
- [License](#license)

## Install

You can install this package either with `npm` or with `bower`.

### npm

```shell
npm install angular-poller
```

Then add `emguo.poller` as a dependency for your app:

```javascript
angular.module('myApp', [require('angular-poller')]);
```

### bower

```shell
bower install angular-poller
```

Add a `<script>` to your `index.html`:

```html
<script src="/bower_components/angular-poller/angular-poller.js"></script>
```

Then add `emguo.poller` as a dependency for your app:

```javascript
angular.module('myApp', ['emguo.poller']);
```

### cdnjs

You can also use [cdnjs](https://cdnjs.com/libraries/angular-poller) files:
```html
<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular-poller/0.4.5/angular-poller.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular-poller/0.4.5/angular-poller.min.js"></script>
```

## Quick configuration
```javascript
myModule.controller('myController', function($scope, $resource, poller) {

    // Define your resource object.
    var myResource = $resource(url[, paramDefaults]);

    // Get poller. This also starts/restarts poller.
    var myPoller = poller.get(myResource);

    // Update view. Since a promise can only be resolved or rejected once but we want
    // to keep track of all requests, poller service uses the notifyCallback. By default
    // poller only gets notified of success responses.
    myPoller.promise.then(null, null, callback);

    // Stop poller.
    myPoller.stop();

    // Restart poller.
    myPoller.restart();

    // Remove poller.
    myPoller.remove();
});
```

## Advanced usage

### Customize $resource poller
```javascript
myModule.controller('myController', function($scope, $resource, poller) {

    // Define your resource object.
    var myResource = $resource(url[, paramDefaults], {
        myQuery: {
            method: 'GET',
            isArray: true,
            headers: ...
        },
        ...
    });

    // Get poller.
    var myPoller = poller.get(myResource, {
        action: 'myQuery',
        delay: 6000,
        argumentsArray: [
            {
                verb: 'greet',
                salutation: 'Hello'
            }
        ]
    });

    myPoller.promise.then(null, null, callback);
});
```
Similar to how you invoke action methods on the class object or instance object directly ([$resource](https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ngResource/service/$resource)), the format of `argumentsArray` is:
- HTTP GET "class" actions: `[parameters]`
- non-GET "class" actions: `[parameters], postData`
- non-GET instance actions: `[parameters]`

### Customize $http poller
```javascript
myModule.controller('myController', function($scope, poller) {

    // Get poller.
    var myPoller = poller.get('api/test/123', {
        action: 'jsonp',
        delay: 6000,
        argumentsArray: [
            {
                params: {
                    param1: 1,
                    param2: 2
                },
                headers: {
                    header1: 1
                }
            }
        ]
    });

    myPoller.promise.then(null, null, callback);
});
```
The format of `argumentsArray` is:
- `GET`, `DELETE`, `HEAD` and `JSONP` requests: `[config]`
- `POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH` requests: `data, [config]`

`config` is the object describing the request to be made and how it should be processed. It may contain `params`, `headers`, `xsrfHeaderName` etc. Please see `$http` [documentation](https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/service/$http) for more information.

### Customize Restangular poller
```javascript
myModule.controller('myController', function($scope, Restangular, poller) {

    // Get poller.
    var myPoller = poller.get(Restangular.one('test', 123), {
        action: 'get',
        delay: 6000,
        argumentsArray: [
            {
                param1: 1,
                param2: 2
            },
            {
                header1: 1
            }
        ]
    });

    myPoller.promise.then(null, null, callback);
});
```
Angular Poller supports all [Restangular action methods](https://github.com/mgonto/restangular#methods-description). Here `argumentsArray` is exactly the same as the input arguments for the original method function. For instance the `argumentsArray` for element method `getList(subElement, [queryParams, headers])` would be `subElement, [queryParams, headers]`, and the `argumentsArray` for collection method `getList([queryParams, headers])` would be `[queryParams, headers]`, etc.

### Update argumentsArray while poller is running
To update `argumentsArray` without restarting poller, you can pass in `argumentsArray` as a function, which gets evaluated on every tick.
```javascript
var myPoller = poller.get(myResource, {
    action: 'get',
    delay: 6000,
    argumentsArray: function() {
        return [
            {
                param1: $scope.param1,
                param2: $scope.param2
            },
            {
                header1: 1
            }
        ]
    }
});

myPoller.promise.then(null, null, callback);
```

### Error handling
One way to capture error responses is to use the `catchError` option. It indicates whether poller should get notified of error responses.
```javascript
var myPoller = poller.get(myTarget, {
    catchError: true
});

myPoller.promise.then(null, null, function(result) {

    // If catchError is set to true, this notifyCallback can contain either
    // a success or an error response.
    if (result.$resolved) {

        // Success handler ...
    } else {

        // Error handler: (data, status, headers, config)
        if (result.status === 503) {
            // Stop poller or provide visual feedback to the user etc
            poller.stopAll();
        }
    }
});
```

Alternatively you can use AngularJS `interceptors` for global error handling like so:
```javascript
myModule.config(function($httpProvider) {
    $httpProvider.interceptors.push(function($q, poller) {
        return {
            'responseError': function(rejection) {
                if (rejection.status === 503) {
                    // Stop poller or provide visual feedback to the user etc
                    poller.stopAll();
                }
                return $q.reject(rejection);
            }
        };
    });
});
```

You may also use `setErrorInterceptor` if you are using Restangular.

### Multiple pollers
```javascript
myModule.controller('myController', function($scope, poller) {

    var poller1 = poller.get(target1),
        poller2 = poller.get(target2);

    poller1.promise.then(null, null, callback);
    poller2.promise.then(null, null, callback);

    // Total number of pollers
    console.log(poller.size());

    // Stop all pollers.
    poller.stopAll();

    // Restart all pollers.
    poller.restartAll();

    // Stop and remove all pollers.
    poller.reset();
});
```

### Multiple controllers
```javascript
myModule.factory('myTarget', function() {
    // return $resource object, Restangular object or $http url.
    return ...;
});

myModule.controller('controller1', function($scope, poller, myTarget) {
    // Register and start poller.
    var myPoller = poller.get(myTarget);
    myPoller.promise.then(null, null, callback);
});

myModule.controller('controller2', function($scope, poller, myTarget) {
    // Get existing poller and restart it.
    var myPoller = poller.get(myTarget);
    myPoller.promise.then(null, null, callback);
});

myModule.controller('controller3', function($scope, poller, myTarget) {
    poller.get(myTarget).stop();
});
```

### Only send new request if the previous one is resolved
Use the `smart` option to make sure poller only sends new request after the previous one is resolved. It is set to `false` by default.
```javascript
var myPoller = poller.get(myTarget, {
    action: 'query',
    delay: 6000,
    argumentsArray: [
        {
            verb: 'greet',
            salutation: 'Hello'
        }
    ],
    smart: true
});
```

You can also use `pollerConfig` to set `smart` globally for all pollers.

```javascript
myModule.config(function(pollerConfig) {
    pollerConfig.smart = true;
});
```

### Always create new poller on calling `poller.get`
By default `poller.get(target, ...)` looks for any existing poller by `target` in poller registry. If found, it overwrites
existing poller with new parameters such as `action`, `delay`, `argumentsArray` etc if specified, and then restarts the poller.
If not found, it creates and starts a new poller. It means you will never have two pollers running against the same target.

But if you do want to have more than one poller running against the same target, you can force poller to always create new
poller on calling `poller.get` like so:

```javascript
myModule.config(function(pollerConfig) {
    pollerConfig.neverOverwrite = true;
});
```

### Automatically stop all pollers when navigating between views
In order to automatically stop all pollers when navigating between views with multiple controllers, you can use `pollerConfig`.
```javascript
myModule.config(function(pollerConfig) {
    pollerConfig.stopOn = '$stateChangeStart'; // If you use ui-router.
    pollerConfig.stopOn = '$routeChangeStart'; // If you use ngRoute.
});
```
You also have the option to set `pollerConfig.stopOn` to `$stateChangeSuccess` or `$routeChangeSuccess`.

### Automatically reset all pollers when navigating between views
You can also use `pollerConfig` to automatically reset all pollers when navigating between views with multiple controllers.
It empties poller registry in addition to stopping all pollers. It means `poller.get` will always create a new poller.
```javascript
myModule.config(function(pollerConfig) {
    pollerConfig.resetOn = '$stateChangeStart'; // If you use ui-router.
    pollerConfig.resetOn = '$routeChangeStart'; // If you use ngRoute.
});
```
You also have the option to set `pollerConfig.resetOn` to `$stateChangeSuccess` or `$routeChangeSuccess`.

### Automatically adjust poller speed on page visibility change
Use the `handleVisibilityChange` option to automatically slow down poller delay to `idleDelay` when page is hidden.
By default `idleDelay` is set to 10 seconds.
```javascript
myModule.config(function(pollerConfig) {
    pollerConfig.handleVisibilityChange = true;
});

myModule.controller('myController', function(poller) {
    poller.get(myTarget, {
        idleDelay: 20000 // Default value is 10000
    });
});
```

## Changelog

https://github.com/emmaguo/angular-poller/releases

## Supported Angular versions

Angular Poller supports Angular 1.2.0 - 1.5.x.

## License

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