AngularJS All slashes in URL changed to %2F

%2F is the percent-encoding for the forward-slash / character.

This problem is related to the fact that AngularJS 1.6 has changed the default for hash-bang urls in the $location service.

To revert to the previous behavior:

appModule.config(['$locationProvider', function($locationProvider) {  $locationProvider.hashPrefix('');}]);

For more information, see SO: angularjs 1.6.0 (latest now) routes not working.

The most simple solution is to add a ! to client-side URLs (if not using HTML5 mode, which you probably do if you're here).

Client-side, update URLS like this:

#/foo/bar > #!/foo/bar

And since you keep the #, there is no issue of conflict with server-side routing. Everyone happy.

A bit late to the party but adding a '!' to your URLs will work just fine. This bothered me for a bit as well. This is a change in the latest AngularJS 1.6.x and I read somewhere that Google requires SPAs to have that '!' after the hash. As a result my routes look as they should but my navigation makes sure I add '!' in my references. For example:

<ul>    <li><a href="#!/">Home</a></li>    <li><a href="#!/page2">Page 2</a></li>    <li><a href="#!/page3">Page 3</a></li>    <li><a href="#!/page4">Page 4</a></li></ul>

I hope this helps you.

Regards!