monkey-patched-httpProvider.js

    .config(['$httpProvider', function($httpProvider) {

        // Create a new definition for the httpProvider's factory function that allows us to intercept the
        // $http service it creates
        var originalFactoryFunction = $httpProvider.$get[ $httpProvider.$get.length - 1 ]

        var newFactoryFunction = function($browser, $httpBackend, $$cookieReader, $cacheFactory, $rootScope, $q, $injector, $sce) {
            var $http = originalFactoryFunction( $browser, $httpBackend, $$cookieReader, $cacheFactory, $rootScope, $q, $injector, $sce )

            // Decorate the definition of .get()
            var originalGetDefinition = $http.get
            $http.get = function(url, config) {
                // Invoke the original get and stash the it returns
                var promise = originalGetDefinition(url, config)

                // Create a .success() method that uses itself to add a then() that delegates...
                promise.success = function(handlerFunction) {
                    promise.then(
                        function(response) {
                            handlerFunction( response.data )
                        }
                    )

                    return promise
                }

                // Create an .error() method that uses itself to add a then() that delegates...
                promise.error = function(handlerFunction) {

                    // Handle it in the 'then' to match old angular...
                    promise.then(
                        null,
                        function(response) {
                            handlerFunction( response.data )
                        }
                    )

                    return promise
                }

                return promise
            }

            return $http
        }

        // Redefine $get for $httpProvider
        $httpProvider.$get = ['$browser', '$httpBackend', '$$cookieReader', '$cacheFactory', '$rootScope', '$q', '$injector', '$sce', newFactoryFunction]
    }])