I'm writing a search screen in AngularJS which fetches and displays the search results within the same page. I'd like the URL to reflect the parameters used in the search. What I've got so far (simplified):
<input type="text" ng-model="search.name"> <button ng-click="search()">Search</button> <ul> <li ng-repeat="widget in widgets">...</li> </ul> And the controller (Coffeescript):
module.controller "WidgetController", ($scope, $http, $routeParams, $location) -> if $routeParams.name $scope.search.name = $routeParams.name config = params: name: $routeParams.name $http.get("/api/widgets", config).success (data) -> $scope.widgets = data $scope.search = -> $location.path("widgets").search(name: $scope.search.name) This works fine -- when I click "Search", the URL is updated to reflect the query, and the results are returned.
The only problem is that if I do a search, then click the Search button again with the same query, the results are not refreshed. Presumably, the $location service sees that the current URL is already the same as the requested URL, and doesn't reload the view. Is there a good way to get it to do a refresh in this scenario?
