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Chrome DevTools Snippet for AngularJS apps.
var ngAppElem = angular.element(document.querySelector('[ng-app]') || document);
window.$injector = ngAppElem.injector();
window.inject = $injector.invoke;
window.$rootScope = ngAppElem.scope();
// getService('auth') will create a variable `auth` assigned to the service `auth`.
var getService = serviceName =>
inject([serviceName, s => window[serviceName] = s]);
Object.defineProperties(window, {
$scope: {
get() {
var elem = angular.element($0);
return elem.isolateScope() || elem.scope();
},
},
$ctrl: {
get() {
return this.$scope.$ctrl;
},
},
});
/**
* USAGE
*
* First copy the script and paste it in Chrome DevTools in Sources -> left pane -> Snippets.
* Then, after loading an Angular page, right click on the snippet and choose "run".
* Afterwards, you have the following available in the console:
*
* 1) $rootScope
* 2) `inject(function ($q, $compile) { ...use $q and $compile here... })`;
* 3) Click on an element in DevTools; now `$scope` in the console points at the element scope
* (isolate if one exists) and `$ctrl` points to `$scope.$ctrl`.
* 4) getService('foo') creates a global `foo` variable pointing to the `'foo'` service.
*
* Enjoy!
*/
@kitallis
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Just so that people don't miss it. It's now window.__commandLineAPI with two underscores.

@mgol
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mgol commented Apr 25, 2014

@repenaxa Corrected, thanks! I thought the feature just went away.

I don't know why I didn't get an email about your comment... :/

@JackieWYB
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angular.element(document.querySelector('[ng-app]') || document);
this is very useful, thanks.

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mgol commented Feb 10, 2016

__commandLineAPI seems to be gone from Chrome 50 (currently in Canary). Unless I can find a replacement API for that it will no longer be possible to run it as a snippet in DevTools, you'll have to copy it & paste into the console. :/

EDIT: a replacement is just to use bare $0, it now works even in scripts defined outside of the console but run from the console.

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