Set defaults header on AngularJS but don't use it on one specific request

Question

For sending OAuth2 token I am setting up defaults header on AngularJS like this:

$http.defaults.headers.common[\'Authorization\'] = \'Bearer \' + access_toke         


        

Answer 1

For latecomers, whilst the solution might have worked - you actually shouldn't need to use transformRequest for this.

The Angular docs for the $http service actually have this exact situation covered:

To explicitly remove a header automatically added via $httpProvider.defaults.headers on a per request basis, Use the headers property, setting the desired header to undefined. For example:

 var req = {  
      method: 'POST',  
      url: 'http://example.com',  
      headers: {  
           'Content-Type': undefined  
      },  
      data: { 
           test: 'test' 
      } 
 }

 $http(req).success(function(){...}).error(function(){...});