Express MethodOverride

index.js

const Express = require("express");
const methodOverride = require("method-override");

const app = new Express();
const router = new Express.Router();

//app.use(methodOverride("_method", {"methods": ["POST", "GET"]})); // Works too.

router.use(methodOverride("_method", {"methods": ["POST", "GET"]})); // on route so only the following use the method override.
router.get("/:id", all("get"));
router.post("/:id", all("post"));
router.delete("/:id", all("delete"));
router.put("/:id", all("put"));
router.patch("/:id", all("patch"));

app.get("/", index);
app.use("/test", router);

function index(req, res) {
    // Change for testing
    res.send(`<form action="/test/123?_method=delete" method="post"><input type="submit"></form>`);
}

function all(method) {
    return (req, res) => {
        res.send(`<a href="/">back</a> method: ${method} id: ${req.params.id}`);
    }
}

require("http").createServer(app).listen(3001, () => console.log("server started"));