$http.notify shortcut method

[mallowigi]

Hi,

I wonder if it is possible to add a shorthand method notify to the $http service to trigger notify callbacks? It would be better than doing:

var interval = $interval(myFunction, 10000);

// Before
interval.then(null, null, (data) => console.log(data););

// After
interval.notify(data => console.log(data););

[Narretz]

I don't get it tbh. What exactly do you want to do? I don't see any $http in your example, I only see $interval.

[mallowigi]

Sorry, my bad. I meant something like .catch in thenables, but only for the sake of the notify operation.

Example:

$http.notify(function onNotify () { ... }) // instead of $http.then(onSuccess, onFailure, onNotify)

[Narretz]

This could possibly be very confusing, as notify might be misunderstood as the xhr progress event.

[pkozlowski-opensource]

Nope, sorry, it won't happen. Progress notifications as part of promises turned out to be a bad idea. On top of this it seems like the convenience methods (success / error) are often confused with promises (ex.: #10508) so we don't want to go down this path.

Thnx for the suggestion @mallowigi but we will pass on this one...