$route.current is undefined when trying to get current params - angularjs

Question

I'm trying to do basic routing in Angular.
My config looks like
app.config(function($routeProvider, $locationProvider) {
$locationProvider.html5Mode(true);
$routeProvider.when('/', {
templateUrl: 'home.html', controller: 'loginCtrl'
},
$routeProvider.when('/user_profile/, {
templateUrl: 'user_profile.html', controller: 'UserProfileCtrl'
}
});
When I have a link that goes to user_profile I'm unable to get the $route params.
Go To Profile
In the controller $route.params is undefined.
I tried to make a plnkr but clearly I'm missing something fundamental here
EDIT: $routeParams
I have a module that get's the user info from the server. When I pass in $routeParams is it set to this.
<script type="text/javascript">
angular.module('userFromServer', [])
.service('currentUser', function() {
<% if logged_in %>
this.name = '<%= #User.name %>';
this.id = '<%= #User.id %>'
<% else %>
this.name, this.id = '';
<% end %>
})
</script>

Answer 1

Take a look at this
You can use $routeParams for getting the routing parameteres
Plunker (Non HTML5 Mode)
Plunker (HTML5 Mode)
app = angular.module('MyApp', ['ngRoute']);
app.config(function ($routeProvider, $locationProvider) {
$routeProvider.when('/', {
templateUrl: 'home.html',
controller: 'loginCtrl'
})
.when('/user_profile/:user_id', {
templateUrl: 'user_profile.html',
controller: 'UserProfileCtrl'
});
});
app.controller('loginCtrl', function($scope, $routeParams) {
$scope.name = "Hello"
console.log($routeParams);
});
app.controller('UserProfileCtrl', function($scope, $routeParams) {
$scope.name = "UserProfile"
console.log($routeParams);
});

Answer 2

YOu need $route as a parameter in your controller.
app.controller('myCtrl', function($route) {

Answer 3

try to get it from
$routeParams.user_id
... assuming that you are injecting them to controller and you route looks something like this
$routeProvider.when('/user_profile/:user_id, {
templateUrl: 'user_profile.html',
controller: 'UserProfileCtrl'
}

Answer 4

I know this is old, but maybe my solution can still help people.
If your HTML document has a title element in the head element
$Route does not work as expected.
Rather set ALL the Application title's in the app.config function.

Answer 5

From the documentation:
Note that the $routeParams are only updated after a route change completes successfully. This means that you cannot rely on $routeParams being correct in route resolve functions. Instead you can use $route.current.params to access the new route's parameters.