@ngdoc overview
@name Cookbook: Resources - Buzz
@description

External resources are URLs that provide JSON data, which are then rendered with the help of
templates. Angular has a resource factory that can be used to give names to the URLs and then
attach behavior to them. For example you can use the
{@link http://code.google.com/apis/buzz/v1/getting_started.html#background-operations| Google Buzz
API}
to retrieve Buzz activity and comments.

<doc:example>
 <doc:source>
    <script>
    BuzzController.$inject = ['$scope', '$resource'];
    function BuzzController($scope, $resource) {
     $scope.userId = 'googlebuzz';
     $scope.Activity = $resource(
      'https://www.googleapis.com/buzz/v1/activities/:userId/:visibility/:activityId/:comments',
      {alt: 'json', callback: 'JSON_CALLBACK'},
      { get:     {method: 'JSONP', params: {visibility: '@self'}},
        replies: {method: 'JSONP', params: {visibility: '@self', comments: '@comments'}}
      });

     $scope.fetch = function() {
      $scope.activities = $scope.Activity.get({userId:this.userId});
     }

     $scope.expandReplies = function(activity) {
      activity.replies = $scope.Activity.replies({userId: this.userId, activityId: activity.id});
     }
    };
    </script>
    <div ng-controller="BuzzController">
     <input ng-model="userId"/>
     <button ng-click="fetch()">fetch</button>
     <hr/>
     <div class="buzz" ng-repeat="item in activities.data.items">
      <h1 style="font-size: 15px;">
       <img ng-src="{{item.actor.thumbnailUrl}}" style="max-height:30px;max-width:30px;"/>
       <a ng-href="{{item.actor.profileUrl}}">{{item.actor.name}}</a>
       <a href ng-click="expandReplies(item)" style="float: right;">
        Expand replies: {{item.links.replies[0].count}}
       </a>
      </h1>
      {{item.object.content | html}}
      <div class="reply" ng-repeat="reply in item.replies.data.items" style="margin-left: 20px;">
       <img ng-src="{{reply.actor.thumbnailUrl}}" style="max-height:30px;max-width:30px;"/>
       <a ng-href="{{reply.actor.profileUrl}}">{{reply.actor.name}}</a>:
       {{reply.content | html}}
      </div>
     </div>
    </div>
 </doc:source>
 <doc:scenario>
  xit('fetch buzz and expand', function() {
    element(':button:contains(fetch)').click();
    expect(repeater('div.buzz').count()).toBeGreaterThan(0);
    element('.buzz a:contains(Expand replies):first').click();
    expect(repeater('div.reply').count()).toBeGreaterThan(0);
  });
 </doc:scenario>
</doc:example>