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Method override for PUT and DELETE in HTML

Chan Ho Ahn on September 12, 2018

Following four HTTP methods are commonly used in REST. • GET - This is to provide a read-only access to resource. • PUT - This is to crea...

Othmane Namani • Nov 13 '20

Hi @Chan, I really don't understand why using hidden input to render req.body._method = DELETE/PUT inside a form that really renders req.body._method = DELETE/PUT.
it is used separately in method-override documentation.
method-override documentation => github.com/expressjs/method-override

Garyyyyyyy • Sep 5 '19

Awesome. Thanks for sharing!

william kolee • Dec 25 '19

This works perfectly :)

Emmanuel Hernández Olvera • Oct 21 '19

Worked like magic. Thanks.

Vinicius Cerqueira Bonifácio • Jan 3 '20

Thanks a lot for this post. It goes straight to the point, is concise and easy to understand.

Mritunjay • Jul 13 '22

Thank you so much. Man I've literally cried.

chan 🤖 • Sep 7 '20

Is method_override still required up to this day?

guerreroandresg • May 30 '19

Is this still working? I'm having some issues doing it, I dont get any update with the put method

Garyyyyyyy • Sep 5 '19

it's still working. Just tried this today.