Looping through http calls in angular controller

angular_http_loop.js

for (var i = 1; i < 6; i++) { // 6 is just a given number, it could be 1 or 100....
   (function(i){
     http({method: 'POST', url: '/path/to/rest/friend', data: {"name":"Auto Friend " + i}})
      .then(function (response) {
         console.log("friend created");
         console.log(response);

      }, function () {
         console.log('Whoops...');
         });
      })(i);
}