Angularjs: Error: [ng:areq] Argument 'HomeController' is not a function, got undefined

This is my demo using angularjs, for creating a service file, and adding service to a controller.

I have two problems with my demo:

  • One is when I put <script src="HomeController.js"> before <script src="MyService.js"> I get this error,

Error: [ng:areq] Argument 'HomeController' is not a function, got undefined

  • The other is when I put <script src="MyService.js"> before <script src="HomeController.js"> I get the following error,

Error: [$injector:unpr] Unknown provider: MyServiceProvider <- MyService

My source:

File Index.html:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html >
    <head lang="en">…</head>
    <body ng-app="myApp">
        …
        <div ng-controller="HomeController">
            <div ng-repeat="item in hello">{{item.id + item.name}}</div>
        </div>

        <script src="Scripts/angular.js"></script>
        <script src="Scripts/angular-route.js"></script>

        <!-- App libs -->
        <script src="app/app.js"></script>    
        <script src="app/services/MyService.js"></script>
        <script src="app/controllers/HomeController.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

File HomeController.js:

(function(angular){
    'use strict';

    var myApp = angular.module('myApp',[]);

    myApp.controller('HomeController',function($scope,MyService){    
        $scope.hello=[];
        $scope.hello = MyService.getHello();
    });
})(window.angular);

File MyService.js:

(function(angular){
    'use strict';

    var myApp = angular.module('myApp',[]);

    myApp.service('MyService', function () {
        var hello =[  {id:1,name:'cuong'},
            {id:2,name:'nguyen'}];
        this.getHello = function(){
            return hello;
        };
    });

})(window.angular);

This creates a new module/app:

var myApp = angular.module('myApp',[]);

While this accesses an already created module (notice the omission of the second argument):

var myApp = angular.module('myApp');

Since you use the first approach on both scripts you are basically overriding the module you previously created.

On the second script being loaded, use var myApp = angular.module('myApp');.


I experienced this error once. My problem was that I wasn't adding the FILE_NAME_WHERE_IS_MY_FUNCTION.js

so my file.html never found where my function was

Once I add the "file.js" I resolved the problem

<html ng-app='myApp'>
    <body ng-controller='TextController'>
    ....
    ....
    ....
    <script src="../file.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

Also ensure that your controllers are defined within script tags toward the bottom of your index.html just before the closing tag for body.

 <!-- build:js({.tmp,app}) scripts/scripts.js -->
    <script src="scripts/app.js"></script>
    <script src="scripts/controllers/main.js"></script>
    <script src="scripts/controllers/Administration.js"></script>
    <script src="scripts/controllers/Leaderboard.js"></script>
    <script src="scripts/controllers/Login.js"></script>
    <script src="scripts/controllers/registration.js"></script>

provided everything is spelled "correctly" (the same) on your specific.html, specific.js and app.js pages this should resolve your issue.


Happened to me few times whenever I miss "," between list of injections and function

app.controller('commonCtrl', ['$scope', '$filter',function($scope,$filter) {

}]);