how do I redirect to external URL using angularjs routeProvider

Question

I would like to have my site visitors go to a specific subdomain based on routeParams

for example if they go to " http://example.com/foo " they will be redirected to " http://foo.example.com "

Can I do that using the routeProvider with something like:

    $routeProvider
        .when('/:my_affiliate', {
            redirectTo: function(routeParams){
                return 'http://' + routeParams.my_affiliate + '.example.com';
            },
      })
        ;

Answer 1

You can do this with routeProvider how you state. If you want to redirect a user to a different subdomain use window.location with the desired URL. However, consider this will take you of your application. This may however be what you were expecting :D

$routeProvider
    .when('/:my_affiliate', {
        redirectTo: function(routeParams) {
            window.location = 'http://' + routeParams.my_affiliate + '.example.com';
        }
    });

Hope that helps you out!