AngularJS - the purpose of hash in URL [duplicate]

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I am using angular 1.5.8 and I have noticed that all of my states (routes) have a hash (# ) after the domain.

For example: mydomain.com/#/profile

After searching I found results explaining how to get rid of this hash, but I couldn't find an explanation to it's existence.

Why does that hash exist? Should I get rid of it? And if so why?

Thank you !

docs.angularjs.org/guide/$location#hashbang-and-html5-modes

JB Nizet
– JB Nizet

2017-02-26 13:35:21 +00:00
Commented Feb 26, 2017 at 13:35 — JB Nizet
– JB Nizet, Commented Feb 26, 2017 at 13:35

pranavjindal999 · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-26 13:37:10Z

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That is how angular makes routing possible without using HTML5 history API.

Have you ever seen parts of pages hyperlinked on a single page? (href = "#<id-of-element">) That's what angular exploits to make routing happen.

Should you get rid of it? I say yes, because urls without # look cleaner. Make sure you do required changes for that. (html5mode and server redirection rules)

answered Feb 26, 2017 at 13:37

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