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Want to send a DELETE request when outside of a form? This will handle the form-creation bits for you dynamically, similar to the Rails implementation. (Requires jQuery, but doesn't have to.) To use, import script, and create a link with the `data-method="DELETE"` attribute.
/*
<a href="posts/2" data-method="delete"> <---- We want to send an HTTP DELETE request
- Or, request confirmation in the process -
<a href="posts/2" data-method="delete" data-confirm="Are you sure?">
*/
(function() {
var laravel = {
initialize: function() {
this.methodLinks = $('a[data-method]');
this.registerEvents();
},
registerEvents: function() {
this.methodLinks.on('click', this.handleMethod);
},
handleMethod: function(e) {
var link = $(this);
var httpMethod = link.data('method').toUpperCase();
var form;
// If the data-method attribute is not PUT or DELETE,
// then we don't know what to do. Just ignore.
if ( $.inArray(httpMethod, ['PUT', 'DELETE']) === - 1 ) {
return;
}
// Allow user to optionally provide data-confirm="Are you sure?"
if ( link.data('confirm') ) {
if ( ! laravel.verifyConfirm(link) ) {
return false;
}
}
form = laravel.createForm(link);
form.submit();
e.preventDefault();
},
verifyConfirm: function(link) {
return confirm(link.data('confirm'));
},
createForm: function(link) {
var form =
$('<form>', {
'method': 'POST',
'action': link.attr('href')
});
var token =
$('<input>', {
'type': 'hidden',
'name': 'csrf_token',
'value': '<?php echo csrf_token(); ?>' // hmmmm...
});
var hiddenInput =
$('<input>', {
'name': '_method',
'type': 'hidden',
'value': link.data('method')
});
return form.append(token, hiddenInput)
.appendTo('body');
}
};
laravel.initialize();
})();
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eemr3 commented May 18, 2020

Nice one Jeffrey, Thanks!

@rodrigoespinozadev
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rodrigoespinozadev commented Aug 1, 2020

Thank you @JeffreyWay just what i needed you rock!

@guilhermemuller
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Here's a simple update that uses vanilla JS and a default confirmation message: https://gist.github.com/guilhermemuller/114064dfe4e8ee49c37cce6f1a824081

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atulmahankal commented Oct 5, 2022

add <meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}" /> into head
then
Change below code

        'name': 'csrf_token',
        'value': '<?php echo csrf_token(); ?>' // hmmmm...

into

        'name': '_token',
	'value': document.getElementsByName('_token')[0].value,

else it gives 419 | PAGE EXPIRED Error

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