How can I post data as form data instead of a request payload?

Question

In the code below, the AngularJS $http method calls the URL, and submits the xsrf object as a \"Request Payload\" (as described in the Chrome debugger network t

Answer 1

You can define the behavior globally:

$http.defaults.headers.post["Content-Type"] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";

So you don't have to redefine it every time:

$http.post("/handle/post", {
    foo: "FOO",
    bar: "BAR"
}).success(function (data, status, headers, config) {
    // TODO
}).error(function (data, status, headers, config) {
    // TODO
});