AngularJs $http.post() does not send data

Question

Could anyone tell me why the following statement does not send the post data to the designated url? The url is called but on the server when I print $_POST - I get an empty

Answer 1

Similar to the OP's suggested working format & Denison's answer, except using $http.post instead of just $http and is still dependent on jQuery.

The good thing about using jQuery here is that complex objects get passed properly; against manually converting into URL parameters which may garble the data.

$http.post( 'request-url', jQuery.param( { 'message': message } ), {
    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' }
});