Angular Pass Deferred Error From Service To Controller

In my angular app I have a controller. The controller has a method which calls an asynchronous function in a service called Service. This is the controller code: $scope.controller

Solution 1:

I would write the Service as:

serviceMethod: function(x, y){
        return $http.post('save', {
                id: x, type: b
        }).success(function(data){
                // do things Service related when call is successful
        }).error(function(data, status){
                // do things error related...
        })

}

And then reference it in a controller like this:

Service.serviceMethod($scope.x, $scope.y).success(function(data){
        // request succeeded, so do nothing
}).error(function(data, status){
        // error occured, do whatever
});

This works like a charm... Here is docs