Case sensitivity with angularjs ui-router

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In this video we will discuss how to make routes that are configured using ui-router case-insensitive.



The routes that are configured using ui-router are case sensitive by default. For example, consider the state below. Notice the url (/home) is lowercase.

$stateProvider

    .state("home", {

        url:"/home",

        templateUrl: "Templates/home.html",

        controller: "homeController",

        controllerAs: "homeCtrl"

    })

If we type the following URL in the browser, we will see home.html as expected.
http://localhost:51983/#/home

If you type the following URL, then you will see a blank layout page. This is because, by default routes are case-sensitive
http://localhost:51983/#/HOME

To make the routes case-insensitive inject $urlMatcherFactoryProvider service into the config() function and call caseInsensitive(true) function passing a value of true.

var app = angular

            .module("Demo", ["ui.router"])

            .config(function ($urlMatcherFactoryProvider) {

                $urlMatcherFactoryProvider.caseInsensitive(true);

            })