Angular 1 - get current URL parameters

Question

I want to extract data from current URL and use it in controller. For example I have this url:

app.dev/backend/surveys/2

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Answer 1

In your route configuration you typically define a route like,

.when('somewhere/:param1/:param2')

You can then either get the route in the resolve object by using $route.current.params or in a controller, $routeParams. In either case the parameters is extracted using the mapping of the route, so param1 can be accessed by $routeParams.param1 in the controller.

Edit: Also note that the mapping has to be exact

/some/folder/:param1

Will only match a single parameter.

/some/folder/:param1/:param2 

Will only match two parameters.

This is a bit different then most dynamic server side routes. For example NodeJS (Express) route mapping where you can supply only a single route with X number of parameters.