gistfile1.txt

// when user clicks on button 'startJob', this is the function that it triggers:
$scope.startJob = function() {
  if ($scope.areThereAvailableSegments(jobId)) {
    console.log('there are available segments, so we show the text editor');
  } else {
    console.log('sorry, no more segments available, capo!')
  }
};

// returns true or false if there are segments available
$scope.areThereAvailableSegments = function(jobId) {
  var dump = [];

  $scope.populateSegments(jobId, function whenDone() {
    for (var i = 0; i < $scope.segments.length; i++) {
      dump.push($scope.segments[i].status); // dumps status into a temp array
    }

    // in this moment, dump = ['available', 'translated']
    if (dump.indexOf('available') >= 0) {
      return true; // if there's one 'available', returns true
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  });

};

// gets the segments from the API and populates $scope.segments
$scope.populateSegments = function(jobId, callback) {

  SegmentsService.getSegments(jobId)
  .then(function(segments) {
    segments.sort(function(a,b) {
      return a.sequence - b.sequence;
    });

    $scope.segments = segments;
    callback();
  });

};