$window.location.href NOT WORKING in AngularJS

Question

I'm building a basic AngularJS Login page and the $window.location.href did not re-direct the page to a new html in my system, hosted by WAMP. I even tried re-directing it to google. Nothing happens. I tried all the available solutions here and nothing seems to work. Any solutions ?

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var app = angular.module('myApp', []);

app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.name = 'World';


  $scope.submit = function() {
    if ($scope.username && $scope.password) {
      var user = $scope.username;
      var pass = $scope.password;
      if (pass == "admin" && user == "[email protected]") {
        alert("Login Successful");
        $window.location.href = "http://google.com"; //Re-direction to some page
      } else if (user != "[email protected]") {
        alert("Invalid username");
      } else if (pass != "admin" && user == "[email protected]") {
        alert("Invalid password");
      }
    } else {
      alert("Invalid Login");
    }
  }


});

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="myApp">

<head>
  <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.8/angular.min.js"></script>
  <script src="login.js"></script>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="login.css">
</head>

<body ng-controller="MainCtrl">
  <form>
    <label>Username:</label>
    <input type="email" ng-model="username" class="lab1" />
    </br>
    </br>
    <label></label>Password:</label>
    <input type="password" ng-model="password" class="lab2">
    </br>
    <button type="submit" ng-click="submit()" class="buttonclass">login</button>
  </form>
</body>

</html>

Try withouth the $ sign. window.location.href = "[email protected]" — Niklas
– Niklas, Commented Dec 1, 2015 at 10:23
Use basic Javascript window redirect .. that is without $. window.location.href. — Amarnath
– Amarnath, Commented Dec 1, 2015 at 10:24
It worked. Thank you :) But why doesn't it work with the dollar sign ? — Varun Nair
– Varun Nair, Commented Dec 1, 2015 at 10:25

Alexandre · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-09 06:45:05Z

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In angular js you can use $location. Inject it in your controller :

app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope, $location) { ... }

And if you want to redirect to google use its url() method :

$location.url('http://google.fr');

you can also use path() method for relative url :

$location.path('home'); // will redirect you to 'yourDomain.xx/home'

https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/service/$location

edited May 9, 2017 at 6:45

answered Dec 1, 2015 at 10:41

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JonyD Over a year ago

False. You don't "have to use"; You can use. It's not mandatory to use $location just because it's a service. Depending on the situation, you use window.location without a problem.

Tadayoshi Sato Over a year ago

See Jim Grimmett's answer. It seems to be more accurate.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

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It is worth noting the current documentation for $location. Specifically the quote:

When should I use $location?

Any time your application needs to react to a change in the current URL or if you want to change the current URL in the browser.

What does it not do?

It does not cause a full page reload when the browser URL is changed. To reload the page after changing the URL, use the lower-level API, $window.location.href.

If you need to redirect the browser to a new page, $window.location is definitely recommended.

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Ramu Vemula · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-11 07:17:26Z

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Try this,

var homeApp = angular.module('HomeApp', []);

homeApp.controller('HomeController', function ($scope, $http, $window) {
    $scope.loginname = "Login To Demo App";
    $scope.login = function () {

        var name = $scope.username;
        var pwd = $scope.password;
        var req = {
            method: 'POST',
            url: '../Account/LoginAccount',
            headers: {
                'Content-Type': undefined
            },
            params: { username: name, password: pwd }
        }

        $http(req).then(function (responce) {

            var url = '';
            if (responce.data == "True") {
                url = '../Account/WelcomePage';
                $window.location.href = url;
            }
            else {
                url = '../Account/Login';
                $window.location.href = url;
            }
        }, function (responce) {

        });
    }
});

answered Apr 11, 2016 at 7:17

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Ramu Vemula Over a year ago

Maybe your code is not working, because you are not declaring $window in the controller parameters

danwellman · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-27 11:06:33Z

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You can use $window.location.href in AngularJS

app.controller('MainCtrl', function ($scope,$window) {
    $scope.formData = {};
    $scope.submitForm = function (formData){
    $window.location.href = "jobs";
    };
  })

edited Apr 27, 2017 at 11:06

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answered Mar 24, 2017 at 7:57

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danwellman · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-27 11:07:30Z

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Angular has its own location handler named $location which I prefer to use in angular app;

app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope, $location) {

inject to your controller and use as following;

$location.path('http://foo.bar')

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Justin Kruse · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-06 15:35:24Z

My two cents -

I could not get $window.location.href or $location.path to work to navigate away from a page. In the documentation for $location (under caveats) it says:

The $location service allows you to change only the URL; it does not allow you to reload the page. When you need to change the URL and reload the page or navigate to a different page, please use a lower level API, $window.location.href.

$location Caveats

Documentation for $window is... lacking. Regardless, neither of the services worked for me in the controller (though $location.path works in my index.run file).

In this project I am using ui-router, so doing this worked: $state.go('state.name'); -- where state.name is the string of the state/page name to which the user wants to go, i.e. 'index.users'

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