AngularJS: can't get html5 mode urls with ui-route $state

Question

I'm using ui-router for state management but I think I'm having trouble with my .htaccess rewrite rules. All my states worked when using /#/account style urls. Now I've enabled html5 mode but my app isn't rendering as it was before. It seems to load my index.html and all my js and css files, etc. but not actually initialise any states.

Here is my folder structure:

root/
    app/
        components/
            angular/
            ...
        images/
        scripts/ 
            controllers/
            directives/
            ...
            app.js       
        styles/
        views/
        .htaccess
        ...

My vhosts DocumentRoot points to my app/

Here is my app.js with my states:

'use strict';

angular.module('appointeddPortalApp',  ['ngResource', 'ui.state', 'ui.compat', 'fundoo.services', 'ui.date', 'ngCookies'])
.config(function ($stateProvider, $routeProvider, $locationProvider, $httpProvider) {

    var access = routingConfig.accessLevels;

    delete $httpProvider.defaults.headers.common["X-Requested-With"];
    $httpProvider.defaults.useXDomain = true;
    $locationProvider.html5Mode(true);

    $stateProvider
    .state('root', {
        abstract: true,
        url: '',
        views: {
            'header': {
                templateUrl: 'views/partials/header.html'
            },
            'search': {
                templateUrl: 'views/partials/search.html',
                controller: 'SearchCtrl'
            },
            'main': {
                templateUrl: 'views/main.html',
                controller: 'MainCtrl'
            },
            'footer': {
                templateUrl: 'views/partials/footer.html'
            },
        },
    })
    .state('root.home', {
        url: '',
        views: {
            'content': {
                templateUrl: 'views/home/index.html',
                controller: 'MainCtrl',
            }
        },
        access: access.anon
    })
    .state('root.about', {
        url: '/about',
        parent: 'root',
        views: {
            'content': {
                templateUrl: 'views/about.html',
                controller: 'StaticCtrl'
            },
            'search@': {}
        },
        access: access.anon
    })
    .state('root.search', {
        url: '/search/:city/:category',
        views: {
            'content': {
                templateUrl: 'views/search.html',
                controller: 'SearchCtrl'
            }
        },
        access: access.anon
    })
    .state('root.salons_profile', {
        url: '/salons/{id}',
        views: {
            'content': {
                templateUrl: 'views/salons.profile.html',
                controller: 'SalonCtrl',
            },
            'search@': {}
        },
        access: access.anon
    })
    .state('root.account', {
        url: '/account',
        abstract: true,
        views: {
            'content': {
                templateUrl: 'views/user/account.html',
                controller: 'AccountCtrl'
            }
        },
    })
    .state('root.account.info', {
        url: '',
        views: {
            'account_head': {
                templateUrl: 'views/user/account.head.html',
            },
            'account_body': {
                templateUrl: 'views/user/account.my_appointedd.html',
            },
        },
        menus: {
            'account': {
                identifier: 'my_appointedd',
                class: 'active'
            }
        },
        access: access.user
    })
    .state('root.account.appointments', {
        url: '/appointments',
        views: {
            'account_head': {
                templateUrl: 'views/user/account.head.html',
            },
            'account_body': {
                templateUrl: 'views/user/account.appointments.html',
            },
        },
        menus: {
            'account': {
                identifier: 'appointments',
                class: 'active'
            }
        },
        access: access.user
    })
    .state('root.account.details', {
        abstract: true,
        views: {
            'account_head': {
                templateUrl: 'views/user/account.head.html',
            },
            'account_body': {
                templateUrl: 'views/user/account.details.html',
            },
        },
        access: access.user
    })
    .state('root.account.details.account', {
        url: '/details',
        views: {
            'right': {
                templateUrl: 'views/user/account.details.account.html',
            },
        },
        menus: {
            'account': {
                identifier: 'details',
                class: 'active'
            },
            'settings': {
                identifier: 'account',
                class: 'active'
            }
        },
        access: access.user
    })
    .state('root.account.details.profile', {
        url: '/profile',
        views: {
            'right': {
                templateUrl: 'views/user/account.details.profile.html',
            },
        },
        menus: {
            'account': {
                identifier: 'details',
                class: 'active'
            },
            'settings': {
                identifier: 'profile',
                class: 'active'
            }
        },
        access: access.user
    });


})
.run( [ '$location', '$state', '$stateParams', '$rootScope', '$cookies', 'Auth', function( $location, $state, $stateParams, $rootScope, $cookies, Auth){

    $rootScope.client_id = '51a741eb3152c3ae7e000103';
    $rootScope.$state = $state;
    $rootScope.$stateParams = $stateParams;
    $rootScope.$cookies = $cookies;

    $rootScope.$on('$stateChangeStart', function(event, toState, toParams, fromState, fromParams){
        if (!Auth.authorize(toState.access)) {
            if(Auth.isLoggedIn()) $state.transitionTo('root.account');
            else                  $state.transitionTo('root.home');
        }
    });

Here is my rewrite code that sits in .htaccess in /app. I think this is might be wrong.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  Options +FollowSymLinks 
  RewriteEngine On 
  RewriteBase / 
  RewriteRule ^(components|images|scripts|styles|views)($|/) - [L]
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.html [L]
</IfModule>

score 41 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 26 '13 at 13:22

41

This configuration has worked for many of our Apache users using html5mode and ui-router.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName my-app

    DocumentRoot /path/to/app

    <Directory /path/to/app>
        RewriteEngine on

        # Don't rewrite files or directories
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
        RewriteRule ^ - [L]

        # Rewrite everything else to index.html to allow html5 state links
        RewriteRule ^ index.html [L]
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Also please make sure you are not a victim of <base href> bug. See the ui-router FAQ for more info.

answered Jul 26 '13 at 13:22

Tim Kindberg

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Hi nfiniteloop, it seems my issue was the bug! Thanks! – iamjonesy Jul 29 '13 at 16:56
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you rock. +1. noobs... you can drop everything from inside the ` – Shanimal Jul 31 '13 at 01:47
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in drupal how will is set when i set this rule 500 Internal Server Error comes please help – Rituraj ratan Jul 25 '14 at 06:22
But is then not every route lost and I get always redirected to home? E.g. `mypage.de/abc` will be redirected to `mypage.de/index.html` instead of `mypage.de/#/abc` – Andi Giga Mar 04 '15 at 20:37
This doesn't seem to work with child states "admin.classes". I get a 404 not found. I did add this rule to my htaccess file: RewriteRule ^admin/(.*)$ /$1 [R,L]. When i do a page reload on /admin/classes. I get routed to /classes. – Robbie Smith Apr 05 '15 at 02:13
Never mind I did not have the in my Cheers! I now can refresh /admin/classes and get to the same spot. – Robbie Smith Apr 05 '15 at 02:16
If you are using apache >2.2 you may use `FallbackResource` instead - as an example ` FallbackResource index.html ` more to be read here: [fallbackresource apache](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_dir.html#fallbackresource) – Timothy Dalton Dec 28 '16 at 19:47

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 05 '15 at 11:13

If working in a shared hosting that doesn't allow to edit Apache configuration you can set this in your .htaccess file to make $locationProvider.html5Mode(true) work (as @Shanimal pointed in @nfiniteloop answer):

RewriteEngine on

RewriteBase /path/to/app #change this!

# Don't rewrite files or directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]

# Rewrite everything else to index.html to allow html5 state links
RewriteRule ^ index.html [L]

And don't forget to add <base href="/path/to/app/"> in the HTML <head>.

AngularJS: can't get html5 mode urls with ui-route $state

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