laravel make post or delete method from a <a> link use bootbox

laravel-rest.js

require(['jquery', 'bootbox'], function($, bootbox) {
    /*
    <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', 'POST']) === -1) {
                    return
                }

                // Allow user to optionally provide data-confirm="Are you sure?"
                if (link.data('confirm')) {
                    bootbox.confirm(link.data('confirm'), function(result) {
                        if (!result) {
                            return
                        }

                        form = laravel.createForm(link)
                        form.submit()

                        e.preventDefault()
                    })

                    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': '_token',
                        'value': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content') // hmmmm...
                    })

                var hiddenInput =
                    $('<input>', {
                        'name': '_method',
                        'type': 'hidden',
                        'value': link.data('method')
                    })

                return form.append(token, hiddenInput)
                    .appendTo('body')
            }
        }

        laravel.initialize()
    })()
})