AngularJS routing without the hash '#' - cannot get it work

I have read this post many times, and I have followed the instructions there, but I cannot get this to work.

AngularJS routing without the hash '#'

I have a Qt app that sends a request to a URL with a # in it. That URL is routed to the Angular code. I want to change this to not require the #.

This is my Angular code:

angular.module('app').config(function($routeProvider, $locationProvider) { $routeProvider // route for the home page .when('/', { templateUrl : 'home.html', controller : 'home' }) // route for the workitem page .when('/workitem/:identifier', { templateUrl : 'workitem.html', controller : 'workitem' }); $locationProvider.html5Mode(true); }); 

This is my nginx config:

server { listen 8000; server_name foo.bar.com; location / { include /usr/local/nginx/conf/mime.types; root /projects/larry/web; } } 

In /projects/larry/web there is an index.html, which loads the JS module with the $routeProvider.

When I go to the URL: http://foo.bar.com:8000/#/workitem/12345 this works fine. The JS is loaded, and the $routeProvider gets the URL and does what it's supposed to do.

But if I omit the # and go to http://foo.bar.com:8000/workitem/12345 then the JS code is not loaded and the request fails.

How can I make this work without the hash?