AngularJS $resource response being returned as array of characters from ExpressJS

angularjs, express, javascript

Solution

in angular resource there is option to wrap the response `transformResponse`, that should solve the issue

   $resource(appConfig.apiBaseUrl + '/newsletter/:id', {}, {
      update: {method: 'PUT'},
      weekly: {
        method: 'POST', params: {id: 'weekly'}, transformResponse: function (response) {
          // whatever you want to do
          return {html: response};
        }
      }
    });

Problem

I have an expressjs api that my angularJS $resource objects talk to. I have sent a post request with postman (a chrome tool for testing REST apis) and the raw data in the response is: "submitted". The headers: ``` Connection →keep-alive Content-Length →9 Content-Type →text/html; charset=utf-8 Date →Sun, 02 Feb 2014 12:02:20 GMT X-Powered-By →Express ``` When I log out my response in angular I get the following: ``` Resource 0: "S" 1: "u" 2: "b" 3: "m" 4: "i" 5: "t" 6: "t" 7: "e" 8: "d" $promise: undefined $resolved: true __proto__: Resource ``` My express code: ``` exports.create = function(req, res) { new Product(req.body).save(function(err) { if (err) { res.send('There was an error: ' + err); } else { res.send('Submitted') } }); }; ``` AngularJs factory: ``` pantherServices.factory('Product', function($resource, Defaults) { var Product = $resource(Defaults.api_url + 'products', {productId: '@productId'} , { find: { method: 'GET', url: Defaults.api_url + 'products/:productId', }, all: { method: 'GET', isArray: true } }); return Product }); ``` My controller: ``` $scope.newProduct = { name: null, description: null, price: null, display_price: null, date_available: null }; $scope.addNewProduct = function() { var newProduct = new Product($scope.newProduct); newProduct.$save(function(response, headers) { console.log(response) }); }; ``` Why is it breaking up the characters and parsing the response as an array, is it an issue with my headers, angularjs or express? Thanks! EDIT: res.json had the same problem.

Original source