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I'm using an angular directive (angucomplete-alt) to generate a list of suggestions as I type into ta field. I have an issue that if I make the request using $http like below the directive picks up the data and displays it.

 return $http.get(
            myurl,
            {
                params: {
                    code: strQuery.toUpperCase()
                }
            }
        );

Alertnatively, if I return the data in a promise the directive just keep giving me an error. How can I get to this work properly as it seems like even though I'm calling the same endpoint I get way different responses

 return service.mymethod(strQuery)
            .then(function(data) {

               console.log(data);

        });
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put the code of the service, otherwise we can't understand what it does – Gianmarco Dec 4 '15 at 14:13
    
you might have some line xx.data where xx is undefined. – Hacketo Dec 4 '15 at 14:14
    
give some more lines of code so that we can help you. – katmanco Dec 4 '15 at 14:16
    
What exactly is the problem? Is the service returning different responses? – sjokkogutten Dec 4 '15 at 18:17
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Although it is unclear what you are trying to achieve this is one way to call a service:

var app = angular.module('myApp', []);
app.controller('myController', function($http) {
  $http.get(myUrl, { params: {  code: strQuery.toUpperCase() }})
  .then(
    function (response, status) { // on success
      console.log(response);
    }, 
    function(error, status){ // on error
      console.log(error);
  });
});

$http.get returns a promise which is a pattern for handling asynchronous operations. A promise runs asynchronously and return values (on success or on error) when they are done processing.

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thanks for getting back to me guys. I'm using this angular plugin. github.com/ghiden/angucomplete-alt, it has a service build in. I'm thinking that it's already returning a promise when it's making a request, this is why i'm seeing some errors. – Jimi Dec 4 '15 at 19:43

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