DELETE Restful method with angularjs $resource - angularjs

Question

I'm attemping to call a RESTful method via $resource as following:
Resource:
angular.module('secure',['ngResource']).factory('Vehicle', function ($resource) {
return $resource('/secure/vehicle/index', { id: '#id' }, {
query: {
method: 'GET',
isArray: true
},
delete: {
method: 'DELETE',
isArray: false,
url: '/secure/vehicle/delete/:id'
}
});
});
Then, from other service I inject the above factory and I call DELETE method in this way:
factory.delete = function (procedureId) {
var vehicle = new Vehicle();
vehicle.$delete({id: procedureId}, function () {
//success
deferred.resolve();
}, function (errResponse) {
// fail
console.log(errResponse);
});
return deferred.promise;
};
(Don't pay attention to deferred things, it doesn't work with or without it)
Unfortunately, I always get the same answer:
Remote Address:127.0.0.1:8080
Request URL:http://localhost:8080/secure/vehicle/delete/21
Request Method:DELETE
Status Code:422 Unprocessable Entity
The call itself is set up properly (secure/vehicle/delete/21). In fact, if I do the same, but instead of using $resource variable, using $http, everything works!
$http({
'method': 'DELETE',
'url': '/secure/vehicle/delete/' + procedureId,
'headers': {
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
'data': ""
})
.success(function () {
// success
})
.error(function (data, status) {
console.log(data.errors);
});
So, I guess something is missing in $resource-way, but what? Any help, it will be appreciated!
EDIT:
It seems it's a backend problem when it reads the entire url call. If I call DELETE resource, using $http, adding the data: "" as I show above, the backend initializes itself properly.
But if I try the $resource-way, the required params are pre-configured and that doesn't like to the backend, so I need to find the way to say to $resource how to add something like data: "", any ideas?

Answer 1

Test proof that it works:
angular.module('secure', ['ngResource']).factory('Vehicle', function($resource) {
return $resource('/secure/vehicle/index', {
id: '#id'
}, {
query: {
method: 'GET',
isArray: true
},
delete: {
method: 'DELETE',
isArray: false,
url: '/secure/vehicle/delete/:id'
}
});
});
angular.module('secure').factory('VehicleFactory', function(Vehicle, $q) {
var factory = {}
factory.delete = function(procedureId) {
var deferred = $q.defer();
var vehicle = new Vehicle();
vehicle.$delete({
id: procedureId
}, function(r) {
deferred.resolve(r);
}, function(errResponse) {
console.log(errResponse);
});
return deferred.promise;
};
return factory;
});
describe('VehicleFactory', function() {
var $httpBackend, VehicleFactory
beforeEach(module('secure'));
beforeEach(inject(function(_$httpBackend_, _VehicleFactory_) {
$httpBackend = _$httpBackend_
VehicleFactory = _VehicleFactory_
}))
it('deletes vehicle - vehicle.$delete()', function() {
var r = {
data: 'correct response'
}
$httpBackend.when('DELETE', '/secure/vehicle/delete/123').respond(r)
VehicleFactory.delete(123).then(function(response) {
expect(response.data).toBe(r.data)
})
$httpBackend.flush();
});
afterEach(function() {
$httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingExpectation()
$httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingRequest()
})
})
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Some much cleaner way to write delete functionality without $q:
angular.module('secure').factory('VehicleFactory', function(Vehicle) {
var factory = {}
factory.delete = function(procedureId) {
return (new Vehicle()).$delete({
id: procedureId
})
}
return factory;
});