Validate value of input with angularjs

Question

I have a text input that pulls the value of the window.location.href , looks for ?= and strips out the trailing value which is used as the input value. I can't get the validation to check if there is a value after the = , and display an error if there isn't.

The full url it is testing is http://localhost:3000/admin/tagger.html?=1234567 , where 1234567 should be the value in the textbox. If there is no numeric value after the = , show an error.

var myApp = angular.module("myApp", []);

myApp.controller("myController", function ($scope, $http) {

$scope.init = function () {
    var url = window.location.href;
    var accountId = url.substr(url.indexOf("=") + 1);
    if ($(".accountNumber").val() !== window.location.href + "?=") {
        alert("ERROR");
    } else {
        $scope.accountNumber = accountId;
    }
}

});

JSFIDDLE

Answer 1

If I understood you questions correctly then you can change your code like this.

$scope.init = function () {
    var url = window.location.href;
    var urlParts = url.split('?=');
    var accountId = urlParts[1];

    if (!accountId) {
        alert("ERROR");
    } else {
        $scope.accountNumber = accountId;
    }
}

Answer 2

If you configure your routing differently, you can for example change the url to: http://localhost:3000/admin/tagger/1234567

Your routing would look something like this:

myApp.config(['$routeProvider', function($routeProvider) {
    $routeProvider.when('/admin/tagger/:id', {
         templateUrl: '<path to your html template>'
        }
    });
}]);

And then in your function you can use $routeParams to check the value of :id like this:

myApp.controller('myController', ['$routeParams', function($routeParams) {
     $scope.init = function() {
        if ($(".accountNumber").val() !== $routeParams.id) {
            alert("ERROR");
        } else {
             $scope.accountNumber = accountId;
        }
}])

Or something along these lines. The principle is: you can get the number that you want to check by calling $routeParams.id (or $routeParams['id']).