Delete a post using Ajax with Laravel 5.5

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$('body').on('click', '#delete', function () {

            var post = $(this).parent().parent();

            var postID = $(this).attr('item-id');
            $.ajax({
                dataType: 'json',
                type: 'DELETE',
                url: 'post/'+ postID,
                headers : {'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content') },
                data: {
                    id : postID,
                    "_token" : "{{csrf_token()}}"
                }
            })
                .done(function (response) {
                    if (response) {
                        post.remove();
                        alert('Your post has been deleted successfully');
                    }
                });
        })