* Made use of http loader optional via param

README.md

@@ -115,6 +115,26 @@ _The loader should be now visible at least 2 seconds, independent of the total h
 dispatched. Should the total amount of time of the request(s) be larger than the ttl,
 the loader will dismiss when the last http request is done._
 
+### Per-request use of HTTP Loader
+
+The HTTP loader can also be enabled or disabled by passing the $useHttpLoader parameter to the $http config object.
+
+```javascript
+$http.get('/someUrl', {
+  params: {$useHttpLoader: true}, // will enable/disable http loader for this request regardless of whitelist
+});
+
+// or with a resource...
+var User = $resource('/user/:userId', {userId:'@id', $useHttpLoader: true}); // default to always using the HTTP loader
+var user = User.get(
+  {userId:123, $useHttpLoader: false}, // this call overrides default parameter defined above
+  function() {
+    user.abc = true;
+    user.$save();
+  }
+);
+```
+
 Contributing
 ------------
 

app/package/js/angular-http-loader.js

@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ angular
          * The response configuration
          */
         var checkAndHide = function (config) {
-          if (isUrlOnWhitelist(config.url) &&
-            (--numLoadings) === 0) {
+          if (config.useHttpLoader && (--numLoadings) === 0) {
             $rootScope.$emit('loaderHide', config.method);
           }
         };
@@ -206,8 +205,17 @@ angular
            * @returns {object|Promise}
            */
           request: function (config) {
-            if (isUrlOnWhitelist(config.url)) {
+            var useHttpLoaderFlagDefined =
+              angular.isObject(config.params) &&
+              angular.isDefined(config.params.$useHttpLoader);
+            if (isUrlOnWhitelist(config.url) &&
+              (!useHttpLoaderFlagDefined ||
+                (useHttpLoaderFlagDefined && config.params.$useHttpLoader))) {
               numLoadings++;
+              if (useHttpLoaderFlagDefined) {
+                delete config.params.$useHttpLoader; // remove flag from params
+              }
+              config.useHttpLoader = true;
               $rootScope.$emit('loaderShow', config.method);
             }
 

app/src/js/httpMethodInterceptor.js

@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ angular
          * The response configuration
          */
         var checkAndHide = function (config) {
-          if (isUrlOnWhitelist(config.url) &&
-            (--numLoadings) === 0) {
+          if (config.useHttpLoader && (--numLoadings) === 0) {
             $rootScope.$emit('loaderHide', config.method);
           }
         };
@@ -78,8 +77,17 @@ angular
            * @returns {object|Promise}
            */
           request: function (config) {
-            if (isUrlOnWhitelist(config.url)) {
+            var useHttpLoaderFlagDefined =
+              angular.isObject(config.params) &&
+              angular.isDefined(config.params.$useHttpLoader);
+            if (isUrlOnWhitelist(config.url) &&
+              (!useHttpLoaderFlagDefined ||
+                (useHttpLoaderFlagDefined && config.params.$useHttpLoader))) {
               numLoadings++;
+              if (useHttpLoaderFlagDefined) {
+                delete config.params.$useHttpLoader; // remove flag from params
+              }
+              config.useHttpLoader = true;
               $rootScope.$emit('loaderShow', config.method);
             }