$http html data sent as string converts to JSON

Asked Sep 28 '16 at 23:32

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I've been struggling to send a simple string using $http.post in angularjs to a service in java. In the string I'm sending xhtml template content to feed into a pdf service.

The service somehow sees the data sent as a JSON object instead of a string. e.g. if I want to send:

"<?xml version="1.0"><html><body><div>something</div></body></html>"

it converts the string sent to:

{"<?xml version": "\"1.0\"><html><body><div>something</div></body></html>"}.

I have tried setting the content-type and also overriding the default.transformRequest but so far unsuccessful.

edited Sep 28 '16 at 23:34

asked Sep 28 '16 at 23:32

parham

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what is the content type sent as? – Daniel A. White Sep 28 '16 at 23:33
Please show all relevant code related to sending. See [mcve] If you are sending just xml you need to adjust `$http` config – charlietfl Sep 28 '16 at 23:35
`{"
something
"}` --- what's that? – zerkms Sep 28 '16 at 23:45
The content-type is sent as "application-json;charset=utf-8" @DanielA.White – parham Sep 28 '16 at 23:49
that doesn't look like a JSON response. seems like a problem with your service. – Daniel A. White Sep 28 '16 at 23:50
`$http({ method: 'POST', url: '/print/pdf', data: testData }).then(function (response) { console.log('Response from PDF', response); });` where testData is : `
` @charlietfl – parham Sep 28 '16 at 23:51
need to disable request data processing in the config for that request...see $http docs – charlietfl Sep 28 '16 at 23:52
@charlietfl how can I disable request data processing? Thank you for your help – parham Sep 28 '16 at 23:53
try http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28373756/post-ing-xml-in-angularjs – charlietfl Sep 28 '16 at 23:56
@charlietfl I tried the solution above, it is still changing the request data sent to json. – parham Sep 29 '16 at 03:14
try adding this to config `transformRequest: angular.identity` – charlietfl Sep 29 '16 at 03:16

$http html data sent as string converts to JSON

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