Angularjs $http then function - angularjs

Question

I've created a JS Object with a method that calls a $http to retrieve a value, but when the $http is done I want to assign this value to a property, I can't seem to be able to get this value:
the property this.user always ends up with the promise itself, but I want to assign the value returned from the XHR Request or undefined on failure, I think this is a context problem, I just don't know how to fix it
var Ticket = function(numint, company_id, user_id, title, description, priority, status, assignation, created_at) {
this.numint = numint;
this.company_id = company_id;
this.user_id = user_id;
this.title = title;
this.description = description;
this.priority = priority;
this.status = status;
this.assignation = assignation;
this.created_at = created_at;
this.user = undefined;
this.getUser = function() {
if(this.user_id === undefined)
return false;
var http =
$http({
method : 'GET',
url : '/users/' + this.user_id,
timeout : 100000,
headers : {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
});
this.user = http
.then(
function(data) {
return data;
}
,
function() {
return undefined;
});
return http;
}
};

Answer 1

var http is a promise object because the return value of Angular's $http service is a promise (docs). Use .then() to get the return value once the AJAX request has returned and the promise has resolved.
var self = this;
http.then(function (data) {
self.user = data;
});

Answer 2

var Ticket = function(numint, company_id, user_id, title, description, priority, status, assignation, created_at) {
var self = this; // new code
self.numint = numint; //use self inseat
self.company_id = company_id;
this.getUser = function() {
if(self.user_id === undefined) // you had one preblem here, because "this" here is direrent to the this.user_id you neded, so use self
return false;
var http =
$http({
method : 'GET',
url : '/users/' + this.user_id,
timeout : 100000,
headers : {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
}).then(function (data){
self.user = data
;},
function () {
self.user= undefined;
});
}
};

Answer 3

assign this to a different value OR! or us .bind.
$http({
method : 'GET',
url : '/users/' + this.user_id,
timeout : 100000,
headers : {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
}).then(function (data){
this.user = data;
}.bind(this));