AngularJS $http.post removing attributes

Question

When I do a `$http.post` in AngularJS with a object like: ``` { name: '232', id: '3434', $type: "API.Models.Fields.ValuesList, API" } ``` with the signature: ``` $http.post('api/records', model); ``` the `$type` attribute is removed everytime on the chrome traffic listener no matter the value. Is there some secret $ remover ;) ? UPDATE: ANGULAR >= 1.3 NOW DOES NOT REMOVE THE $ ATTRS.

Accepted Answer

Yes, Angular strips dollar-prefixed properties when sending data over `$http` service.

$http service serialises objects to JSON string using `angular.toJson` method. This method strips properties with leading $ characters because angular uses this notation internally (e.g. instance method `$save` is available on all `ngResource` objects).

Quick workaround is to stringify the data manually (using JSON.stringify), before passing it on to `$http`:

```
$http.post('/api/path', JSON.stringify(model));
```

AngularJS $http.post removing attributes

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