Is there a way to get angular $http params to match the nodejs querystring format? Or to get node querystring to consume the angular format?

Question

The nodejs querystring format expects parameters as follows:

foo[bar]=abc --> {foo:{bar:"abc"}}

The angular $http module (and anything depending on it, like ngresource), translate params as follows

{foo:{bar:"abc"}} --> foo={bar:"abc"} 

and then urlencodes the JSON above.

Is there any way to pass params to $http so that it puts the output as foo[bar]=abc and not foo={bar:"abc"}?

BTW, setting params as {"foo[bar]":"abc"} does work, but it is very ugly.

Conversely, is there any way to get node querystring to consume the urlencoded version of foo={bar:"abc"} that angular creates and present it to the node side as {foo:{bar:"abc"}}?

Answer 1

I'm not a nodejs user, but nodejs should almost certainly expect 'real' JSON in an AJAX request. If it's expecting

{"foo[bar]":"abc"}

I think something be setup incorrectly.

However, if indeed you to transform your request for all requests you could configure $http.

In the config method of your app configure $http using $httpProvider as shown below:

angular.module('myModule', []);
       .config($httpProvider, function($httpProvider) {
          $httpProvider.defaults.transformRequest = function(data) {
            return transformMyData(data);
          };
       });

And then just write the function transformMyData(...) to transform it into the format you would like.