How to POST data from Angular to Web API in order to send email with same data (no database)

Question

The user adds items -> the model data is pushed to an empty object to create the order. Start with:

$scope.Order = {
    details:{},
    type1: [],
    type2: [],
    type3: [],
};

Then:

$scope.addType1 = function ()
        $scope.Order.type1.push({
            name: $scope.addType1.name,
            price: $scope.addType1.price
        });

Followed by the remaining types.

I added a WebApi project (so now there are two projects), and I created the same Models in the API.

What I need to do: Post data from Angular to the WebAPI so that an email can be sent containing the order data.

I am familiar with the $Http methods in Angular, but I'm not sure how to check if the data has been transferred to the API, and I'm not sure what my API controller needs. I don't have much experience with server-side code, so any help is appreciated.

Also, let me know if you need more information and I can explain further.

 var app = angular.module('myApp', ['ui.bootstrap', 'angularUUID2']);

app.controller('myCtrl', ['$scope', '$http', '$q', 'uuid2', function      ($scope, $http, $q, uuid2) {

$scope.order = {
    details: {},
    type1: [],
    type2: []
    };

    $scope.addOrderDetails = function () {

        $scope.addOrderDetails.orderId = uuid2.newguid();

        $scope.order.details = $scope.addOrderDetails;

        };

    $scope.addType1 = function () {
        $scope.order.type1.push({
            xxx: $scope.addType1.xxx,
            yyy: $scope.addType1.yyy,
            zzz: $scope.addType1.zzz
        });
    };

    $scope.addType2 = function () {
                $scope.order.type2.push({
                    xxx: $scope.addType2.xxx,
                    yyy: $scope.addType2.yyy,
                    zzz: $scope.addType2.zzz
                });
            };

 var deferred = $q.defer();

    var url = 'http://localhost:xxxxxx/api/order';

    var data = $scope.order;


    $scope.submitOrder = function () {
        $http.post(url, data).success(function (response) {
            console.log(response);
            deferred.resolve(response)
        }).error(function (error) {
            console.log(error);
            deferred.reject(error)
        });
        return deferred.promise;   
    };
}]);

Here is the OrderController Post method:

[HttpPost]
    public Order Post([FromBody]Order model)
    {
        return model;
    }

Answer 1

There you have documentation for $http service, which allows to POST and GET.

https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/service/ $http

So:

$http({
  method: 'GET',
  url: '/someUrl'
}).then(function successCallback(response) {
    // this callback will be called asynchronously
    // when the response is available
  }, function errorCallback(response) {
    // called asynchronously if an error occurs
    // or server returns response with an error status.
  });

Basically, if the response is a success response (server responds positively), the callback gets executed. The same for failure.

Answer 2

uksz is right!

just wanted to show how you would post your data

var url = your url to post to here e.g 'www.somedomain.com/orders';

var data = put your data object here e.g. $scope.order;  

$http.post(url,data).success(function(response) {
                 console.log(response);
               }).error(function(error) {
                 console.log(error);
               });

You would usually want to implement a promise in this situation, which you can do like so (just make sure you include the $q library in your dependencies

var deferred = $q.defer()

var url = your url to post to here e.g 'www.somedomain.com/orders';

var data = put your data object here e.g. $scope.order;  

$http.post(url,data).success(function(response) {
                 console.log(response);
                 deferred.resolve(response)
               }).error(function(error) {
                 console.log(error);
                 deferred.reject(error)
               });
               return deferred.promise