Ideal holder for AngularJS Global or Utility functions

[Amogh Talpallikar]

Given that rootScope and Services cannot be injected into module configuration section,
I am left with two choices :  a constant or a regular provider.

What is a better approach here ?

What is the rationale behind the fact that constants can also have functions but I haven't really seen people using it for this purpose. 

[Sander Elias]

Amogh,

What is it you are trying to do in the configuration part, that needs all this stuff?

You can indeed use a constant to provide utility functions if you want. I have done this a couple of times, but it isn't

widely used. 

Regards

Sander

[Amogh Talpallikar]

I have two routes : 1. login   2. others.

Everytime a route changes, I check if I am going to login or other route.
At this point I have to make an API call here to check if I am logged in or not to handle route redirection based upon response.
Now in the config section where I am managing this, I need a URL for an endpoint.
This endpoint is passed to a utility function that adds base path and API version to form the complete URL.

Now this is something that I want to keep as a utility function. I kept it in rootScope initially but then later decided to move it to a service but I couldn't inject it here.

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[Sander Elias]

Hi Amogh,

A few day's ago I created a sample that does something similar. It is not using config for anything else as the routing.

Have a look at it, perhaps it might help you.

Regards

Sander