How to run function in AngularJS controller on document ready?

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// register controller in html
<div data-ng-controller="myCtrl" data-ng-init="init()"></div>

// in controller
$scope.init = function () {
    // check if there is query in url
    // and fire search in case its value is not empty
};

This way, You don't have to wait till document is ready.

Angular has several timepoints to start executing functions. If you seek for something like jQuery's

$(document).ready();

You may find this analog in angular to be very useful:

$scope.$watch('$viewContentLoaded', function(){
    //do something
});

This one is helpful when you want to manipulate the DOM elements. It will start executing only after all te elements are loaded.

UPD: What is said above works when you want to change css properties. However, sometimes it doesn't work when you want to measure the element properties, such as width, height, etc. In this case you may want to try this:

$scope.$watch('$viewContentLoaded', 
    function() { 
        $timeout(function() {
            //do something
        },0);    
});

Angular initializes automatically upon DOMContentLoaded event or when the angular.js script is evaluated if at that time document.readyState is set to 'complete'. At this point Angular looks for the ng-app directive which designates your application root.

https://docs.angularjs.org/guide/bootstrap

This means that the controller code will run after the DOM is ready.

Thus it's just $scope.init().

We can use the angular.element(document).ready() method to attach callbacks for when the document is ready. We can simply attach the callback in the controller like so:

angular.module('MyApp', [])

.controller('MyCtrl', [function() {
    angular.element(document).ready(function () {
        document.getElementById('msg').innerHTML = 'Hello';
    });
}]);

http://jsfiddle.net/jgentes/stwyvq38/1/