Getting Django request.user in Angular Module - angularjs

Question

I am new to Angular, and trying to figure out how the best way to do this is. In my Django view, I authenticate a user, storing that user in request.user. Is there a way to retrieve that request.user in an Angular module. Can I retrieve it through Angular's $http service ? Looked around, but couldn't find a solution to this...yet, and thought I would try good ole Stack Overflow.
function bindPusher() {
var defer = $q.defer();
var channelName = 'private-account-' + Session.account.id;
var channel = $pusher.client.subscribe(channelName);
channel.bind('pusher:subscription_succeeded', function (data) {
$log.debug('Pusher subscribed: ' + channel.name);
PushListener.bindAndListen(channel);
defer.resolve(data);
});
channel.bind('pusher:subscription_error', function (status) {
if (status === 403) {
var msg = 'Pusher channel not authorized.';
$log.warn(msg);
defer.reject(msg);
}
});
return defer.promise;
}

Answer 1

Angular runs in the browser, Django runs on the server. Use a JSON string to send the data of Django's request.user to the browser, where Angular can unwrap that JSON string into a Javascript object.
So, you are correct, $http.get('/path/my-user.json') could read the request.user's data.
$http.get('/path/my-user.json').then(function (response) {
$scope.user = response.data.user;
}, function (reject) {
// error
});
In your Django view, you would send the data as a JSON encoded string.
def my_view(request):
data = {'username': request.user.username,
'is_staff': request.user.is_staff}
return JsonResponse(data)
But, these are Django and Angular, so there are many things to automate much of this, once you understand the basics. Namely Django Restframework and the Angular Resource Service.