JSON deserialization with angular.fromJson() - json

Question

Despite from the AngularJS documentation for angular.fromJson being spectacular, I still don't know how to use it to its fullest potential. Originally I have just been directly assigning the JSON data response from an HTTP request to a $scope variable. I've recently noticed that Angular has a built-in fromJson() function, which seems like something I'd want to use. If I use it, is it safer and can I access data elements easier?
This is how I've been doing it:
$http({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape.json'
}).then(function success(response) {
var mainPost = response; // assigning JSON data here
return mainPost;
}, function error(response) {
console.log("No response");
});
This is how I could be doing it:
$http({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape.json'
}).then(function success(response) {
var json = angular.fromJson(response); // assigning JSON data here
return json;
}, function error(response) {
console.log("No response");
});

Answer 1

It is pointless to convert the response to json as angular does it for you. From angular documentation of $http:
Angular provides the following default transformations:
Request transformations ($httpProvider.defaults.transformRequest and $http.defaults.transformRequest):
If the data property of the request configuration object contains an object, serialize it into JSON format.
Response transformations ($httpProvider.defaults.transformResponse and $http.defaults.transformResponse):
If XSRF prefix is detected, strip it (see Security Considerations section below).
If JSON response is detected, deserialize it using a JSON parser.