Spring MVC PUT Request returns 405 Method Not Allowed

Question

I am using spring mvc to set up a rest api and most of the configurations are set up automatically through the spring boot project. On the front end I am using angularjs and

Answer 1

Have a look at the logs (with security at DEBUG) and you will discover the problem. Most likely you haven't disabled csrf protection and you client isn't sending the csrf token. (Standard Spring Security, not Spring Boot, although if you are using the Boot security autoconfig you can switch off csrf with an external config setting.)