Method not allowed when PUT used over AJAX for Laravel resource

Question

I've got this resource in routes.php:

Route::resource('items', 'ItemsController', ['before' => 'admin_access']);

Trying to reach ItemsContoller@update method through AJAX but it's kicking out a 405 Method not allowed error:

var $inputs = $('input', row);

var id = $(row).find('.edit').data('id');

var data = $inputs.serializeJSON();

data['_token'] = $('input[name=_token]').val();
data['_method'] = 'PUT';

console.debug(data);

$.ajax({
    url: 'items/' + id,
    method: 'PUT',
    dataType: 'json',
    data: data,
    complete: function (data) {
        if (data.success) {
            itemsTable.ajax.reload();
        }
    }
});

Both the id and data variables contain the correct information.

This works fine when I do a standard form submission with PUT as the method (using anahkiasen/Former opener method).

What am I missing here?

Answer 1

Most browsers can't send PUT methods and are restricted to just GET and POST.

Try changing the method to POST, but leave your _method element in the data array to spoof the request method.