Pass URL path into $http get url- AngularJS - angularjs

Question

I'm trying to get a value from a URL part, into my $http getURL request. I have tried a few solutions (such as HTML5mode) but have not had success.
Here is my code:
angular.module('myapp123.products', [])
.factory('productsApi', ['$http', '$location',
function($http, $location){
var BASE_URL = 'http://stashdapp-t51va1o0.cloudapp.net/api/item/';
return {
get: getApiData
};
function getData() {
var product_id = $location.path().split("/")[3] || "Unknown"; //URL = /#/product/id/1234 <---
return $http.get(BASE_URL + product_id);
}
}]
)
.controller('productsCtrl', ['$scope', '$log', 'productsApi', 'UserService',
function($scope, $log, productsApi, UserService) {
$scope.isVisible = function(name){
return true;// return false to hide this artist's albums
};
// <====== Rewrite with accounts preferences
productsApi.getApiData()
.then(function (result) {
//console.log(JSON.stringify(result.data)) //Shows log of API incoming
$scope.products = result.data;
})
.catch(function (err) {
$log.error(err);
});
}
]);

Answer 1

The code in your example has a lot of syntax errors in it. Here is what it should look like, based on what I think you are going for...
angular.module('myapp123.products', [])
.config(locationConfig)
.factory('productsApi', productsApiFactory)
;
locationConfig.$inject = ['$locationProvider'];
function locationConfig($locationProvider) {
$locationProvider.html5Mode(true);
}
productsApiFactory.$inject = ['$http', '$location'];
function productsApiFactory($http, $location) {
var BASE_URL = 'http://stashdapp-t51va1o0.cloudapp.net/api/list/';
return {
get: getData
};
function getData() {
var product_id = $location.path().split("/")[3] || "Unknown";
return $http.get(BASE_URL + product_id);
}
}
In this version, the config function is correctly defined to set up html5mode and the service factory is configured to use $location each time the get() method is called.
You would use the service in a controller like this:
ExampleController.$inject = ['productsApi'];
function ExampleController(productsApi) {
productsApi.get()
.then(function onSuccess(res) {
// handle successful API call
})
.catch(function onError(err) {
// handle failed API call
})
;
}