AngularJS HTML5 Routing Enabled : Passing URL Back to server?

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I have an AngularJS SPA with Html5Mode enabled. I removed the hashes from my URLS and everything works great except for one issue. Our site has download links for downloading documents from the server via a HTTPGET call to a MVC controller method. Angular no longer passes the route back to the server because it thinks it needs to handle it. How do I tell Angular's routing engine to pass the GET back to the server? I have considered switching the download to a WebAPI, but I read mixed results with this approach.

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Go figure I post for help and figure it out! :) The solution is to add target='_self' to your anchor tag. Any of the other target values work too; "_blank", "_top" and so on. I tested this in IE 9, 10; Chrome 40-43, Opera 25-29, and Safari 5.1. — Dennis Fazekas
– Dennis Fazekas, Commented Jun 1, 2015 at 11:39
It's better to post an answer and mark the answer as the solution rather than a comment — Wayne Ellery
– Wayne Ellery, Commented Jun 1, 2015 at 13:00

Dennis Fazekas · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-01 13:42:15Z

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I figured it out! :) The solution is to add target='_self' to your anchor tag. Any of the other target values work too; "_blank", "_top" and so on. I tested this in IE 9, 10; Chrome 40-43, Opera 25-29, and Safari 5.1

answered Jun 1, 2015 at 13:42

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Daniël W. Crompton Over a year ago

That sounds like it should probably has a much better solution. :)

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