Removing the fragment identifier from AngularJS urls (# symbol)

Question

Is it possible to remove the # symbol from angular.js URLs?

I still want to be able to use the browser's back button, etc, when I change the view and will update the URL with params, but I don't want the # symbol.

The tutorial routeProvider is declared as follows:

angular.module('phonecat', []).   config(['$routeProvider', function($routeProvider) {   $routeProvider.   when('/phones', {templateUrl: 'partials/phone-list.html',   controller: PhoneListCtrl}).   when('/phones/:phoneId', {templateUrl: 'partials/phone-detail.html', controller: PhoneDetailCtrl}).   otherwise({redirectTo: '/phones'}); }]); 

Can I edit this to have the same functionality without the #?

Answer 1

Yes, you should configure $locationProvider and set html5Mode to true:

angular.module('phonecat', []).   config(['$routeProvider', '$locationProvider', function($routeProvider, $locationProvider) {      $routeProvider.       when('/phones', {templateUrl: 'partials/phone-list.html',   controller: PhoneListCtrl}).       when('/phones/:phoneId', {templateUrl: 'partials/phone-detail.html', controller: PhoneDetailCtrl}).       otherwise({redirectTo: '/phones'});      $locationProvider.html5Mode(true);    }]); 

Answer 2

Be sure to check browser support for the html5 history API:

  if(window.history && window.history.pushState){     $locationProvider.html5Mode(true);   }