Laravel 5: Ajax Post 500 (Internal Server Error)

Question

I\'m trying to submit data to the database via ajax. The submit article page works fine without ajax. I\'ve added console.log() just to see if anything is going

Answer 1

When you make a request via POST to a resource controller, it automatically calls store method:

Verb    Path        Action  Route Name
----------------------------------
POST    /articles   store   articles.store

So, you just need to change ajax url to:

$.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: 'http://localhost/laravel-5/public/articles',

When you need to send the session token, you can add a global meta-tag like this is you website:

Then, just add the token via ajax's headers:

$.ajaxSetup({
        headers: {
            'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content')
        }
});

If you are using Form::open() function (LaravelCollective) it adds a hidden input with the token as value with the name _token. So, you can remove the meta-tag and edit your ajax's headers like this:

$.ajaxSetup({
        headers: {
            'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('[name="_token"]').val()
        }
});