How can I set a query parameter in AngularJS without doing a route?

Question

My Angular app allows the user to load an item, and when that happens I\'d like to set a query string that contains the item\'s Id so that if the user refreshes the page (or

Answer 1

In your $routeProvider configuration set reloadOnSearch to false:

$routeProvider
  .when('/items', {
    controller: 'ItemsCtrl',
    templateUrl: '/templates/items',
    reloadOnSearch: false
  },
  ...
);

and in your controller use $location.search() to set the id param:

$location.search('id', 123);