Just to expand on $http
(shortcut methods) here: http://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng.$http
//Snippet from the page
$http.get('/someUrl').success(successCallback);
$http.post('/someUrl', data).success(successCallback);
//available shortcut methods
$http.get
$http.head
$http.post
$http.put
$http.delete
$http.jsonp