How to cancel an $http request in AngularJS?

Question

Given a Ajax request in AngularJS

$http.get(\"/backend/\").success(callback);

what is the most effective way to cancel that request if anot

Answer 1

This feature was added to the 1.1.5 release via a timeout parameter:

var canceler = $q.defer();
$http.get('/someUrl', {timeout: canceler.promise}).success(successCallback);
// later...
canceler.resolve();  // Aborts the $http request if it isn't finished.

Answer 2

If you want to cancel pending requests on stateChangeStart with ui-router, you can use something like this:

// in service

                var deferred = $q.defer();
                var scope = this;
                $http.get(URL, {timeout : deferred.promise, cancel : deferred}).success(function(data){
                    //do something
                    deferred.resolve(dataUsage);
                }).error(function(){
                    deferred.reject();
                });
                return deferred.promise;

// in UIrouter config

$rootScope.$on('$stateChangeStart', function (event, toState, toParams, fromState, fromParams) {
    //To cancel pending request when change state
       angular.forEach($http.pendingRequests, function(request) {
          if (request.cancel && request.timeout) {
             request.cancel.resolve();
          }
       });
    });