Magic Method

magic.js

// Send Request Method
sendRequest = {
    async: function (url, method, param) {
        // $http returns a promise, which has a then function, which also returns a promise
        var promise = $http.get(url).then(function (response) {
            // The then function here is an opportunity to modify the response

            // store the response status and text
            tmpData.requestStatus = response.status;
            tmpData.requestStatusText = response.statusText;

        // The return value gets picked up by the then in the controller.
        return response.data;
        });
    // Return the promise to the controller
    return promise;
}

var requestUrl = "http://www.whatever.com"

// send the request
sendRequest.async(requestUrl, "delete").then(function(data) {
    tmpData.returnData = data;
});