transformResponse data is string in IE11

[sjorobekov]

I'm using transformResponse in $resource service. Below is link for plunker.
I'm using httpBackend, and everything is fine. But If use real backend, data comes as string, and only in IE (tested in IE11).
http://plnkr.co/edit/XmSGFyfSgvPsbTIi7wlm?p=preview

[jeffbcross]

I created a plunker that loads a real json array, and could reproduce the issue (serialized in Chrome, string in IE): http://plnkr.co/edit/E7tgLjZkkrCyOxLsncG5?p=preview

[IgorMinar]

IE doesn't seem to support responseType=json, it does support other responseTypes though. bizare.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/hh872882(v=vs.85).aspx

We can detect this and parse the string ourselves.

[caitp]

webkit had a similar issue until about a year ago, iirc. I think this should already be handled by the try/catch no? I would expect this same logic to also work for the IE case

[IgorMinar]

I think the issue is that it doesn't throw. It just ignores the responseType value and doesn't parse the response .

[caitp]

Yeah but I don't think transformResponse cares what responseType is, iirc --- just "if response is a string"