Learning AngularJS

Sending HTTP GET and PUT Requests with the $http Service

The $http service enables you to directly interact with the web server from your AngularJS code. The $http service uses the browser’s XMLHttpRequest object underneath, but from the context of the AngularJS framework.

There are two ways to use the $http service. The simplest is to use one of the following built-in shortcut methods that correspond to standard HTTP requests:

■ delete(url, [config])

■ get(url, [config])

■ head(url, [config])

■ jsonp(url, [config])

■ post(url, data, [config])

■ put(url, data, [config])

■ patch(url, data, [config])

Configuring the $http Request

In these methods, the url parameter is the URL of the web request. The optional config parameter is a JavaScript object ...