javascript - Enabling HTML 5 Mode in AngularJS 1.2

Question

I'm working on an app that needs to use HTML 5 mode. Due to the fact that I am migrating an existing site to use AngularJS 1.2, I cannot have '#' tags in my URL. Currently, I have the following:

angular.module('myApp', ['ngRoute']).
  config(['$routeProvider', '$locationProvider', function($routeProvider, $locationProvider) {
  $locationProvider.html5Mode(true);

  $routeProvider
    .when("/home", {templateUrl:'home.html', controller:'homeController'})
    // other routes are defined here..
    .otherwise({redirectTo: '/home'});
  }]);

Unfortunately, when I visit 'http://myServer/home', my app does not work when html 5 mode is enabled. I get a 404. However, when I visit http://myServer/ it works. Its like deep-linking doesn't work when I have html5 mode enabled. If I comment out the line that says "$locationProvider.html5mode(true);", the site functions. However, once again, I cannot have hash tags in my URL due to the fact I'm migrating an existing site.

Am I misunderstanding how html5mode(true) works? Or, am I doing something wrong?

Thank you

Answer 1

If you're using html5mode you need make changes on the server side to return your entry point index.html (main app page) on any URL request. Then angular app will parse URL and load needed page.