How to route without a templateUrl?

Question

Ok. I have a url setup to log a user out. On the server, there is no html. The session on the server simply gets destroyed, and then the user is redirected to an address.

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Answer 1

I am writing the solution based on the already accepted answer and the github issue mentioned in it's comments.

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The approach I am using is a resolve parameter in the $routeProvider. In my case I was trying to create a nice solution to logout in my application, when user goes to /logout.

Example code of $routeProvider:

app.config(['$routeProvider', function ($routeProvider) {
    $routeProvider.
        ...
        when('/logout', {
            resolve: {
                logout: ['logoutService', function (logoutService) {
                    logoutService();
                }]
            },
        }).
        ...
}]);

In the resolve part you specify a service (factory) by name and later on you have to call it. Still it is the nicest solution around.

To make the example complete I present my logoutService:

angular.module('xxx').factory('logoutService', function ($location, Auth) {
    return function () {
       Auth.setUser(undefined);
       $location.path('/');
    }
});

Works great!