feat($http): add a default content type for PATH requests

The default header is now application/json which while not perfect
in all cases is better than the browser default application/xml.

The new headers also makes for better compatibility with Rails 4

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/ng/httpSpec.js b/test/ng/httpSpec.js
index e6d1cf4f..5984106c 100644
--- a/test/ng/httpSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/httpSpec.js
@@ -684,6 +684,15 @@ describe('$http', function() {
         $httpBackend.flush();
       });
 
+      it('should set default headers for PATCH request', function() {
+        $httpBackend.expect('PATCH', '/url', 'messageBody', function(headers) {
+          return headers['Accept'] == 'application/json, text/plain, */*' &&
+                 headers['Content-Type'] == 'application/json;charset=utf-8';
+        }).respond('');
+
+        $http({url: '/url', method: 'PATCH', headers: {}, data: 'messageBody'});
+        $httpBackend.flush();
+      });
 
       it('should set default headers for custom HTTP method', function() {
         $httpBackend.expect('FOO', '/url', undefined, function(headers) {