Facebook Callback appends '#_=_' to Return URL

Question

Facebook callback has started appending #_=_ hash underscore to the Return URL

Does anyone know why? What is the solution?

Answer 1

With angular and angular ui router, you can fix this

    app.config(function ($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider, $locationProvider) {

      // Make a trailing slash optional for all routes
      // - Note: You'll need to specify all urls with a trailing slash if you use this method.
      $urlRouterProvider.rule(function ($injector, $location) {
        /***
        Angular misbehaves when the URL contains a "#_=_" hash.

        From Facebook:
          Change in Session Redirect Behavior
          This week, we started adding a fragment #_=_ to the redirect_uri when this field is left blank.
          Please ensure that your app can handle this behavior.

        Fix:
          http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7131909/facebook-callback-appends-to-return-url#answer-7297873
        ***/
        if ($location.hash() === '_=_'){
          $location.hash(null);
        }

        var path = $location.url();

        // check to see if the path already has a slash where it should be
        if (path[path.length - 1] === '/' || path.indexOf('/?') > -1) {
          return;
        }
        else if (path.indexOf('?') > -1) {
          $location.replace().path(path.replace('?', '/?'));
        }
        else {
          $location.replace().path(path + '/');
        }
      });

      // etc ...
    });
});