$stateProvider requests template in templateURL with accept header as application/json which must be text/html

[defyjoy]

when we are actually requesting for a template url . The accept header is always "application/json" instead of "text/html"

I am currently Using nancy for generating both template and api request based on the content request type on accept headers .

Something like this

private dynamic Index(dynamic parameters)
{
List Students = NancyContext.Set().ToList();
return Negotiate.WithView("Index").WithModel(Students);
}

which basically when requested with 'application/json' returns json . And when requested with "text/html" then it returns the template with model . But since its requesting the template with 'application/json' . Its only returning json for the api request and not the template . Any workaround for to change the accept header to text/html instead of application/json for template url ?

[christopherthielen]

At first glance, a workaround might be to use an http interceptor

[christopherthielen]

This is the default $http behavior; ui-router is not setting the accept header.

default Accept: Accept: application/json, text/plain, * / * https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/service/$http

See https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-router/blob/master/src/templateFactory.js#L85

[defyjoy]

Yes I understand . by default $http behavior accept header is application/json . But isnt that supposed to be text/html specially for templates which are served to application ? I mean in implementation of ui-router ? Cause almost all the cases in templateurl its always that a template would be an html only . so is it the only way for workaround for templateurl to be implemented by accept header application/json ?

If yes . Can I just change this interceptor for one route state and not for all routes globally in interceptor by anyway ?

and If no is there by any chance templateurl accept header can be changed manually or by defaults in ui-router can implement that (apart from http interceptor) ?

[nateabele]

This seems legit. Templates should probably be requested with text/html by default.

[defyjoy]

Is there any thought going about this item ? Cause the reason is valid in case we are depending on a seamless backend which actually works with both api request and template request only based on accept headers . So we can achieve with a lot less code on backend . Rather than writing two different request handlers one for template another for api request . Just cause we dont request template with text/html

[nateabele]

Fixed in #1341.

[hecht-software]

In case you landed here due to a google search about this behavior:

In the current version, $templateRequest is used for loading templates and the fix in #1341 has no effect anymore. You have to configure the headers yourself in $templateRequestProvider:

angular.module('MyApp', ['ui.router']).config(['$templateRequestProvider', function($templateRequestProvider) {
    $templateRequestProvider.httpOptions({
        headers: { Accept: 'text/html' }
    });
}]);