Backend Angular API in Apache Zeppelin

Overview

Angular display system treats output as a view template for AngularJS. It compiles templates and displays them inside of Apache Zeppelin. Zeppelin provides a gateway between your interpreter and your compiled AngularJS view templates. Therefore, you can not only update scope variables from your interpreter but also watch them in the interpreter, which is JVM process.

Basic Usage

Print AngularJS view

To use angular display system, you should start with %angular.

Since name is not defined, Hello will display Hello.

Please Note: Display system is backend independent.

Bind / Unbind Variables

Through ZeppelinContext, you can bind / unbind variables to AngularJS view. Currently, it only works in Spark Interpreter ( scala ).

// bind my 'object' as angular scope variable 'name' in current notebook.
z.angularBind(String name, Object object)

// bind my 'object' as angular scope variable 'name' in all notebooks related to current interpreter.
z.angularBindGlobal(String name, Object object)

// unbind angular scope variable 'name' in current notebook.
z.angularUnbind(String name)

// unbind angular scope variable 'name' in all notebooks related to current interpreter.
z.angularUnbindGlobal(String name)

Using the above example, let's bind world variable to name. Then you can see AngularJs view is immediately updated.

Watch / Unwatch Variables

Through ZeppelinContext, you can watch / unwatch variables in AngularJs view. Currently, it only works in Spark Interpreter ( scala ).

// register for angular scope variable 'name' (notebook)
z.angularWatch(String name, (before, after) => { ... })

// unregister watcher for angular variable 'name' (notebook)
z.angularUnwatch(String name)

// register for angular scope variable 'name' (global)
z.angularWatchGlobal(String name, (before, after) => { ... })

// unregister watcher for angular variable 'name' (global)
z.angularUnwatchGlobal(String name)

Let's make a button. When it is clicked, the value of run will be increased 1 by 1.

z.angularBind("run", 0) will initialize run to zero. And then, it will be also applied to run in z.angularWatch(). When the button is clicked, you'll see both run and numWatched are incremented by 1.

Let's make it Simpler and more Intuitive

In this section, we will introduce a simpler and more intuitive way of using Angular Display System in Zeppelin.

Here are some usages.

Import

// In notebook scope
import org.apache.zeppelin.display.angular.notebookscope._
import AngularElem._

// In paragraph scope
import org.apache.zeppelin.display.angular.paragraphscope._
import AngularElem._

Display Element

// automatically convert to string and print with %angular display system directive in front.
<div></div>.display

Event Handler

// on click
<div></div>.onClick(() => {
   my callback routine
}).display

// on change
<div></div>.onChange(() => {
  my callback routine
}).display

// arbitrary event
<div></div>.onEvent("ng-click", () => {
  my callback routine
}).display

Bind Model

// bind model
<div></div>.model("myModel").display

// bind model with initial value
<div></div>.model("myModel", initialValue).display

Interact with Model

// read model
AngularModel("myModel")()

// update model
AngularModel("myModel", "newValue")

Example: Basic Usage

Using the above basic usages, you can apply them like below examples.

Display Elements

<div style="color:blue">
  <h4>Hello Angular Display System</h4>
</div>.display

OnClick Event

<div class="btn btn-success">
  Click me
</div>.onClick{() =>
  // callback for button click
}.display

Bind Model

  <div>{{{{myModel}}}}</div>.model("myModel", "Initial Value").display

Interact With Model

// read the value
AngularModel("myModel")()

// update the value
AngularModel("myModel", "New value")

Example: String Converter

Using below example, you can convert the lowercase string to uppercase.

// clear previously created angular object.
AngularElem.disassociate

val button = <div class="btn btn-success btn-sm">Convert</div>.onClick{() =>
  val inputString = AngularModel("input")().toString
  AngularModel("title", inputString.toUpperCase)
}

<div>
  { <h4> {{{{title}}}}</h4>.model("title", "Please type text to convert uppercase") }
   Your text { <input type="text"></input>.model("input", "") }
  {button}
</div>.display