title: angualrjs: escape slashes from parameter value passed to $http.get
body: <p>I am using a simple HTTP GET call in angularjs and passing some query string parameters.</p>
  
  <p>One of the param is a date. Let's say "update" and the value passed is 03/20/2015.</p>
  
  <p>When I make $http.get call passing the "update" as query string parameter,</p>
  
  <p>the request is sent as</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://myservice.com/services/products?update=03%2F20%2F2015" rel="nofollow">http://myservice.com/services/products?update=03%2F20%2F2015</a></p>
  
  <p>I would like to send it as</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://myservice.com/services/products?update=03/20/2015" rel="nofollow">http://myservice.com/services/products?update=03/20/2015</a></p>
  
  <p>Any help is greatly appreciated.</p>