How to write a debounce service in AngularJS

Question

The underscore library provides a debounce function that prevents multiple calls to a function within a set period of time. Their version makes use of setTimeout.

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Answer 1

There is a good implementation of both a debounce service and directive that can work with any ng-model at: https://github.com/shahata/angular-debounce

Or simply install it using:

bower install ng-debounce