401 Unauthorized DELETE request to RESTful API in laravel via Ajax

Question

I\'ve created a restful API using laravel controllers. I have a PhotosController which has a destroy($id) method for resource dele

Answer 1

I do this sort of thing all the time in my Laravel Apps with no issues. This code allows the user to delete a resource through AJAX while presenting a bootstrap confirmation dialog first. The code is laid out in the order the events would occur.

VIEW WITH RESOURCE TO DELETE

JQUERY TO PROMPT CONFIRMATION MODAL

$('.delete-plan').on('click', function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();

    var data = {
        'route':        $(this).attr('href'),
        'redirect':     $(this).data('redirect'),
        'modal_title':  'Delete Plan',
        'content_view': 'Are you sure you want to delete plan: ' + $(this).data('plan-name') + '?',
        'lang':         $(this).data('lang')
    };

    loadDestroyModal(data);
});

function loadDestroyModal(data) {
    $.get('/ajax/destroy-modal', { data: data }, function(modal) {
        $('body').append(modal);
        $('#destroy-modal').modal('show');
    });
}

AJAX CONTROLLER

// routed by /ajax/destroy-modal
public function destroyModal() {
    $data = Input::get('data');

    $params = [
        'route'    => $data['route'],
        'redirect' => $data['redirect'],
        'title'    => $data['modal_title'],
        'content'  => $data['content_view'],
        'lang'     => $data['lang']
    ];

    return View::make('_helpers.modal-destroy', $params);
}

DESTROY CONFIRMATION MODAL (_helpers.modal-destroy)

    

        

            

                
                    
                    Close
                
                
{{ $title }}
            
            

                {{ $content }}
            
            

                Confirm
                Close
            
        
    

JQUERY TO PROCESS DESTROY METHOD AND REDIRECT FLASH MESSAGE

$('body').on('click', '#destroy-modal #modal-confirm', function(e) {
    var redirect = $(this).data('redirect');
    var lang     = $(this).data('lang');

    $(this).html(' Please Wait');

    $.ajax({
        'url':     $(this).data('route'),
        'type':    'DELETE',
        'success': function(response) {
            if (response) {
                redirectWithFlashMessage(redirect, 'destroy', 'success', lang);
            } else {
                redirectWithFlashMessage(redirect, 'destroy', 'errors', lang);
            }
        }
    });
});

PLANS CONTROLLER

public function destroy($id)
{
    try
    {
        Stripe::plans()->destroy(['id' => $id]);

        return Response::json(TRUE);
    }
    catch (Exception $e)
    {
        return Response::json(FALSE);
    }
}

JQUERY FOR REDIRECTION

function redirectWithFlashMessage(redirect, type, status, lang) {
    var params = {
        type:   type,
        status: status,
        lang:   lang
    };

    $.get('/ajax/flash', params, function(response) {
        window.location.href = redirect;
    });
}

AJAX CONTROLLER (Redirect with Flash)

public function flashData() {
    $message_type = 'success' == Input::get('status') ? 'success' : 'failure';

    $message = Lang::get(Input::get('lang'))[Input::get('type') . '_' . $message_type];

    Session::flash($message_type, $message);

    return ['status' => $message_type, 'message' => $message];
}

It's a lot of code but once setup it's extremely easy to replicate.