Bind filter in angularjs template [duplicate] - angularjs

Question

My goal is to apply a formatting filter that is set as a property of the looped object.
Taking this array of objects:
[
{
"value": "test value with null formatter",
"formatter": null,
},
{
"value": "uppercase text",
"formatter": "uppercase",
},
{
"value": "2014-01-01",
"formatter": "date",
}
]
The template code i'm trying to write is this:
<div ng-repeat="row in list">
{{ row.value | row.formatter }}
</div>
And i'm expecting to see this result:
test value with null formatter
UPPERCASE TEXT
Jan 1, 2014
But maybe obviusly this code throws an error:
Unknown provider: row.formatterFilterProvider <- row.formatterFilter
I can't immagine how to parse the "formatter" parameter inside the {{ }}; can anyone help me?
See the plunkr http://plnkr.co/edit/YnCR123dRQRqm3owQLcs?p=preview

Answer 1

The | is an angular construct that finds a defined filter with that name and applies it to the value on the left. What I think you need to do is create a filter that takes a filter name as an argument, then calls the appropriate filter (fiddle) (adapted from M59's code):
HTML:
<div ng-repeat="row in list">
{{ row.value | picker:row.formatter }}
</div>
Javascript:
app.filter('picker', function($filter) {
return function(value, filterName) {
return $filter(filterName)(value);
};
});
Thanks to #karlgold's comment, here's a version that supports arguments. The first example uses the add filter directly to add numbers to an existing number and the second uses the useFilter filter to select the add filter by string and pass arguments to it (fiddle):
HTML:
<p>2 + 3 + 5 = {{ 2 | add:3:5 }}</p>
<p>7 + 9 + 11 = {{ 7 | useFilter:'add':9:11 }}</p>
Javascript:
app.filter('useFilter', function($filter) {
return function() {
var filterName = [].splice.call(arguments, 1, 1)[0];
return $filter(filterName).apply(null, arguments);
};
});

Answer 2

I like the concept behind these answers, but don't think they provide the most flexible possible solution.
What I really wanted to do and I'm sure some readers will feel the same, is to be able to dynamically pass a filter expression, which would then evaluate and return the appropriate result.
So a single custom filter would be able to process all of the following:
{{ammount | picker:'currency:"$":0'}}
{{date | picker:'date:"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z"'}}
{{name | picker:'salutation:"Hello"'}} //Apply another custom filter
I came up with the following piece of code, which utilizes the $interpolate service into my custom filter. See the jsfiddle:
Javascript
myApp.filter('picker', function($interpolate ){
return function(item,name){
var result = $interpolate('{{value | ' + arguments[1] + '}}');
return result({value:arguments[0]});
};
});

Answer 3

One way to make it work is to use a function for the binding and do the filtering within that function. This may not be the best approach: Live demo (click).
<div ng-repeat="row in list">
{{ foo(row.value, row.filter) }}
</div>
JavaScript:
$scope.list = [
{"value": "uppercase text", "filter": "uppercase"}
];
$scope.foo = function(value, filter) {
return $filter(filter)(value);
};

Answer 4

I had a slightly different need and so modified the above answer a bit (the $interpolate solution hits the same goal but is still limited):
angular.module("myApp").filter("meta", function($filter)
{
return function()
{
var filterName = [].splice.call(arguments, 1, 1)[0] || "filter";
var filter = filterName.split(":");
if (filter.length > 1)
{
filterName = filter[0];
for (var i = 1, k = filter.length; i < k; i++)
{
[].push.call(arguments, filter[i]);
}
}
return $filter(filterName).apply(null, arguments);
};
});
Usage:
<td ng-repeat="column in columns">{{ column.fakeData | meta:column.filter }}</td>
Data:
{
label:"Column head",
description:"The label used for a column",
filter:"percentage:2:true",
fakeData:-4.769796600014472
}
(percentage is a custom filter that builds off number)

Answer 5

Credit in this post to Jason Goemaat.
Here is how I used it.
$scope.table.columns = [{ name: "June 1 2015", filter: "date" },
{ name: "Name", filter: null },
] etc...
<td class="table-row" ng-repeat="column in table.columns">
{{ column.name | applyFilter:column.filter }}
</td>
app.filter('applyFilter', [ '$filter', function( $filter ) {
return function ( value, filterName ) {
if( !filterName ){ return value; } // In case no filter, as in NULL.
return $filter( filterName )( value );
};
}]);

Answer 6

I improved #Jason Goemaat's answer a bit by adding a check if the filter exists, and if not return the first argument by default:
.filter('useFilter', function ($filter, $injector) {
return function () {
var filterName = [].splice.call(arguments, 1, 1)[0];
return $injector.has(filterName + 'Filter') ? $filter(filterName).apply(null, arguments) : arguments[0];
};
});

Answer 7

The newer version of ng-table allows for dynamic table creation (ng-dynamic-table) based on a column configuration. Formatting a date field is as easy as adding the format to your field value in your columns array.
Given
{
"name": "Test code",
"dateInfo": {
"createDate": 1453480399313
"updateDate": 1453480399313
}
}
columns = [
{field: 'object.name', title: 'Name', sortable: 'name', filter: {name: 'text'}, show: true},
{field: "object.dateInfo.createDate | date :'MMM dd yyyy - HH:mm:ss a'", title: 'Create Date', sortable: 'object.dateInfo.createDate', show: true}
]
<table ng-table-dynamic="controller.ngTableObject with controller.columns" show-filter="true" class="table table-condensed table-bordered table-striped">
<tr ng-repeat="row in $data">
<td ng-repeat="column in $columns">{{ $eval(column.field, { object: row }) }}</td>
</tr>
</table>

Answer 8

I ended up doing something a bit more crude, but less involving:
HTML:
Use the ternary operator to check if there is a filter defined for the row:
ng-bind="::data {{row.filter ? '|' + row.filter : ''}}"
JS:
In the data array in Javascript add the filter:
, {
data: 10,
rowName: "Price",
months: [],
tooltip: "Price in DKK",
filter: "currency:undefined:0"
}, {

Answer 9

This is what I use (Angular Version 1.3.0-beta.8 accidental-haiku).
This filter allows you to use filters with or without filter options.
applyFilter will check if the filter exists in Angular, if the filter does not exist, then an error message with the filter name will be in the browser console like so...
The following filter does not exist: greenBananas
When using ng-repeat, some of the values will be undefined. applyFilter will handle these issues with a soft fail.
app.filter( 'applyFilter', ['$filter', '$injector', function($filter, $injector){
var filterError = "The following filter does not exist: ";
return function(value, filterName, options){
if(noFilterProvided(filterName)){ return value; }
if(filterDoesNotExistInAngular(filterName)){ console.error(filterError + "\"" + filterName + "\""); return value; }
return $filter(filterName)(value, applyOptions(options));
};
function noFilterProvided(filterName){
return !filterName || typeof filterName !== "string" || !filterName.trim();
}
function filterDoesNotExistInAngular(filterName){
return !$injector.has(filterName + "Filter");
}
function applyOptions(options){
if(!options){ return undefined; }
return options;
}
}]);
Then you use what ever filter you want, which may or may not have options.
// Where, item => { name: "Jello", filter: {name: "capitalize", options: null }};
<div ng-repeat="item in items">
{{ item.name | applyFilter:item.filter.name:item.filter.options }}
</div>
Or you could use with separate data structures when building a table.
// Where row => { color: "blue" };
// column => { name: "color", filter: { name: "capitalize", options: "whatever filter accepts"}};
<tr ng-repeat="row in rows">
<td ng-repeat="column in columns">
{{ row[column.name] | applyFilter:column.filter.name:column.filter.options }}
</td>
</tr>
If you find that you require to pass in more specific values you can add more arguments like this...
// In applyFilter, replace this line
return function(value, filterName, options){
// with this line
return function(value, filterName, options, newData){
// and also replace this line
return $filter(filterName)(value, applyOptions(options));
// with this line
return $filter(filterName)(value, applyOptions(options), newData);
Then in your HTML perhaps your filter also requires a key from the row object
// Where row => { color: "blue", addThisToo: "My Favorite Color" };
// column => { name: "color", filter: { name: "capitalize", options: "whatever filter accepts"}};
<tr ng-repeat="row in rows">
<td ng-repeat="column in columns">
{{ row[column.name] | applyFilter:column.filter.name:column.filter.options:row.addThisToo }}
</td>
</tr>