In Angular, how to redirect with $location.path as $http.post success callback

Question

I am attempting to make a simple authentication service by sending a Post to a php file, I need it to load the home page partial on my ng-view when its successful.

This is what I tried :

function loginCtrl($scope, $http, $location){
    $http.post(url,data).success(function(data){
        $location.path('/home');
    });
}

Results in my url changing but ng-view not updating. It updates when I manually refresh the page.

(routes have been configured properly at the $routeProvider, I have tested redirecting this with a standalone function not as a callback and it works )

I have also tried defining $location.path('/home') as a function and then calling it on the callback it still doesn't work.

I did some research and found some articles stating this happens when using another third party plugin, I am only loading angular.js

Any insights or pointers to some study material will be great

Answer 1

Here is the changeLocation example from this article http://www.yearofmoo.com/2012/10/more-angularjs-magic-to-supercharge-your-webapp.html#apply-digest-and-phase

//be sure to inject $scope and $location
var changeLocation = function(url, forceReload) {
  $scope = $scope || angular.element(document).scope();
  if(forceReload || $scope.$$phase) {
    window.location = url;
  }
  else {
    //only use this if you want to replace the history stack
    //$location.path(url).replace();

    //this this if you want to change the URL and add it to the history stack
    $location.path(url);
    $scope.$apply();
  }
};

Answer 2

There is simple answer in the official guide:

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.

Source: https://docs.angularjs.org/guide/$location

Answer 3

I am doing the below for page redirection(from login to home page). I have to pass the user object also to the home page. so, i am using windows localstorage.

    $http({
        url:'/login/user',
        method : 'POST',
        headers: {
            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
          },
        data: userData
    }).success(function(loginDetails){
        $scope.updLoginDetails = loginDetails;
        if($scope.updLoginDetails.successful == true)
            {
                loginDetails.custId = $scope.updLoginDetails.customerDetails.cust_ID;
                loginDetails.userName = $scope.updLoginDetails.customerDetails.cust_NM;
                window.localStorage.setItem("loginDetails", JSON.stringify(loginDetails));
                $window.location='/login/homepage';
            }
        else
        alert('No access available.');

    }).error(function(err,status){
        alert('No access available.');      
    });

And it worked for me.