Detailed explanation of $http caching in AngularJS and how to handle multiple $http requests_AngularJS

$http is a core service in AngularJS, used to read data from remote servers. In actual AngularJS projects, it is often necessary to process multiple $http requests. Each $http request returns a promise. We can put multiple promises into an array argument accepted by the $q.all() method.

1. Handle multiple $http requests

angular.module('app',[])
.controller('AppCtrl', function AppCtrl(myService){
var app = this;
myService.getAll().then(function(info){
app.myInfo = info;
})
})
.service('myService', function MyService($http, $q){
var myService = this;
user = 'https://api...',
repos = '',
events = '';
myService.getData = function getData(){
return $http.get(user).then(function(userData){
return {
name:userData.data.name,
url:userData.data.url,
repoCount: userData.data.count
}
})
};
myService.getUserRepos = function getUserRepos(){
return $http.get(repos).then(function(response){
return _.map(response.data, function(item){
return {
name: item.name,
description:item.description,
starts: item.startCount
}
})
})
}
myService.getUserEvents = function getUserEvents(){
...
}
myService.getAll = function(){
var userPromise = myService.getData(),
userEventsPromise = myService.getUserRepos(),
userReposPromise = myService.getUserRepos();
return $q.all([userPromise, userEventsPromise, userReposPromise]).then(function(){
....
})
}
})

2.$http request cache

The second formal parameter of the get method of $http accepts an object. The cache field of the object can accept a bool type to implement caching, that is, {cache:true}, or it can also accept a service.

Create a service through factory method and inject the service into the controller.

angular.module('app',[])
.factory("myCache", function($cacheFactory){
return $cacheFactory("me");
})
.controller("AppCtrl", function($http, myCache){
var app = this;
app.load = function(){
$http.get("apiurl",{cache:myCache})
.success(function(data){
app.data = data;
})
}
app.clearCache = function(){
myCache.remove("apiurl");
}
})

Editor’s summary:

● In fact, it is $cacheFactory
that implements the caching mechanism ● Place the caching mechanism in the current request through {cache:myCache}
● $cacheFactory uses the request api as the key, so when clearing the cache, it also clears the cache based on this key

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