Request url when html5Mode(true)

Question

I have enabled $locationProvider.html5Mode(true).

However I have django as backend. On /logout/ I need to ask the url directly to the server as if $locationProvider.html5Mode(false) or simply visiting: example.com/logout/ and not in the fron-end.

Which angular command should I use to "force" ask the /logout/ url from the server?

One way is to just use window.location = "example.com/logout/" which by-passes AngularJS — LostInComputer, Oct 18 '13 at 13:13
@LostInComputer can you create me an example with an optimal handler as well (I guess either by `$watch`-ing the `$location` or `$routeProvider`)? Thanks — Diolor, Oct 18 '13 at 13:34
Why do you need to set the url directly? What are you trying to do? — davekr, Oct 18 '13 at 14:38
@davekr I have in `urls.py` `url(r'^logout/$', logout, name='logout'),`. The view is: `def logout(request): auth_logout(request);return HttpResponseRedirect('/');`. So I need a way to auth logout the user with that view (I am using [python social auth](https://github.com/omab/python-social-auth) if it matters). — Diolor, Oct 18 '13 at 14:42
@Diolor So why not to return json with a redirect url from the view and then use it on frontend and change the $location to the url? — davekr, Oct 18 '13 at 14:50
In view: `return HttpResponse(json.dumps({"redirect":"/"}), mimetype='application/javascript')` In JS: `$http.get("logout/").success(function(data) {$location.path(data.redirect)})` — davekr, Oct 18 '13 at 15:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

Edit: Turns out that are are two possible solutions:

1) See Telling Angular Js to ignore a specific route

2) Or use $window.location.

Here is an example:

$scope.onLogoutClicked = function() {
    $window.location = "http://google.com";
}

Difference between $window.location and $location

When should I use $location?

Any time your application needs to react to a change in the current URL or if you want to change the current URL in the browser.

What does it not do? It does not cause a full page reload when the browser URL is changed. To reload the page after changing the URL, use the lower-level API, $window.location.href.

Notes:

$window is a wrapper for window so that it can be unit tested.
$window.location = "URL" and $window.location.href = "URL" does the same thing

Request url when html5Mode(true)

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