Reloading the page gives wrong GET request with AngularJS HTML5 mode

Question

I want to enable HTML5 mode for my app. I have put the following code for the configuration, as shown here:

return app.config([\'$routeProvider\',\'$location         


        

Answer 1

I'm answering this question from the larger question:

When I add $locationProvider.html5Mode(true), my site will not allow pasting of urls. How do I configure my server to work when html5Mode is true?

When you have html5Mode enabled, the # character will no longer be used in your urls. The # symbol is useful because it requires no server side configuration. Without #, the url looks much nicer, but it also requires server side rewrites. Here are some examples:

For Express Rewrites with AngularJS, you can solve this with the following updates:

app.get('/*', function(req, res) {
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname + '/public/app/views/index.html'));
});

and

and

app.use('/',express.static(__dirname + '/public'));