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$http.post like jQuery.post
angular
.module('myHttpDecorator', [])
.config(function ($provide) {
/*!
* Decorate $http with method to post as form data
* Based on http://victorblog.com/2012/12/20/make-angularjs-http-service-behave-like-jquery-ajax/
*/
$provide.decorator('$http', function ($delegate) {
$delegate.postAsForm = function (url, data, config) {
return $delegate.post(
url,
angular.isObject(data) && String(data) !== '[object File]' ? param(data) : data,
angular.extend({
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8'
}
}, config || {}));
};
return $delegate;
/**
* The workhorse; converts an object to x-www-form-urlencoded serialization.
* @param {Object} obj
* @return {String}
*/
function param(obj) {
var query = '', name, value, fullSubName, subName, subValue, innerObj, i;
for (name in obj) {
value = obj[name];
if (value instanceof Array) {
for (i = 0; i < value.length; ++i) {
subValue = value[i];
fullSubName = name + '[' + i + ']';
innerObj = {};
innerObj[fullSubName] = subValue;
query += param(innerObj) + '&';
}
}
else if (value instanceof Object) {
for (subName in value) {
subValue = value[subName];
fullSubName = name + '[' + subName + ']';
innerObj = {};
innerObj[fullSubName] = subValue;
query += param(innerObj) + '&';
}
}
else if (value !== undefined && value !== null)
query += encodeURIComponent(name) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(value) + '&';
}
return query.length ? query.substr(0, query.length - 1) : query;
}
});
})
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