Configure restmod for submodule in AngularJS - angularjs

Question

So I have a main module app defined as
app = angular.module("app", ['app.social_accounts', 'restmod'])
which has its restmod module configured:
app.config(function(restmodProvider) {
restmodProvider.rebase({
$config: {
primaryKey: "id",
style: "ams",
urlPrefix: "/app/"
}
});
});
and it works as expected: request were sent to http://localhost:8000/app/...
Now I want to use restmod in the submodule app.social_accounts, by doing
app = angular.module("app.social_accounts", ['restmod'])
app.config(function(restmodProvider) {
restmodProvider.rebase({
$config: {
primaryKey: "id",
style: "ams",
urlPrefix: "https://graph.facebook.com/"
}
});
});
app.factory("Album", ["restmod", function(restmod){
Album = restmod.model("/me/albums/")
return {
"get": function(){Album.$search()}
}
}])
namely I want to use absolute url in the submodule app.social_accounts.
But when I inject Album (registered under app.social_accounts) into a controller DashboardCtrl under app, the request were sent to http://localhost:8000/app/me/albums/.
So I wonder what is happening here and how to achieve a separate url for restmod under app.social_accounts?

Answer 1

Any configuration defined with restmodProvider is global for restmod irrespective of the module it's used in. So in your example above, the urlPrefix defined in the app.social_accounts module is being overwritten by the configuration in the app module.
In order to achieve the behaviour you expect, you can override the configuration on a per model basis:
angular.module('app.social_accounts', ['restmod'])
.factory('Album', function(restmod) {
var Album = restmod.model('/me/albums')
.mix({
$config: {
urlPrefix: 'https://graph.facebook.com/'
}
});
});
If you require the configuration in more than one model within a module, a mixin can be used to keep things DRY:
.factory('restmodConfigSocial', function(restmod) {
return restmod.mixin({
$config: {
urlPrefix: 'https://graph.facebook.com/'
}
});
})
.factory('Album', function(restmod) {
var Album = restmod.model('/me/albums').mix('restmodConfigSocial');
});