AngularJS - change $location silently - remove query string - angularjs

Question

Is there any way to silently change the route in the url bar using angular?
The user clicks a link for the email that goes to:
/verificationExecuted?verificationCode=xxxxxx
When the page loads I want to read the verificationCode and then clear it:
if($location.path() == '/verificationExecuted'){
this.registrationCode = this.$location.search()["verificationCode"];
this.$location.search("verificationCode", null); //Uncomment but make this silent!
if(registrationCode != null) {
....
}
else $location.path("/404");
}
What happens when I clear it is the remaining part of the route ("/verificationExecuted") remains buts the route re-triggers so it comes around again with no verificationCode and goes straight to 404.
I want to remove the code without doing anything else.

Answer 1

You can always set the reloadOnSearch option on your route to be false.
It will prevent the route from reloading if only the query string changes:
$routeProvider.when("/path/to/my/route",{
controller: 'MyController',
templateUrl: '/path/to/template.html',
//Secret Sauce
reloadOnSearch: false
});

Answer 2

try this
$location.url($location.path())
See documentation for more details about $location

Answer 3

I had a similar requirement for one of my projects.
What I did in such a case was make use of a service.
app.factory('queryData', function () {
var data;
return {
get: function () {
return data;
},
set: function (newData) {
data = newData
}
};
});
This service was then used in my controller as:
app.controller('TestCtrl', ['$scope', '$location', 'queryData',
function ($scope, $location, queryData) {
var queryParam = $location.search()['myParam'];
if (queryParam) {
//Store it
queryData.set(queryParam);
//Reload same page without query argument
$location.path('/same/path/without/argument');
} else {
//Use the service
queryParam = queryData.get();
if (queryParam) {
//Reset it so that the next cycle works correctly
queryData.set();
}
else {
//404 - nobody seems to have the query
$location.path('/404');
}
}
}
]);

Answer 4

I solved this by adding a method that changes the path and canceling the event.
public updateSearch(){
var un = this.$rootScope.$on('$routeChangeStart', (e)=> {
e.preventDefault();
un();
});
this.$location.search('new',search.searchFilter);
if (!keep_previous_path_in_history) this.$location.replace();
}