Internal Server Error Ajax request on Laravel 5.2.10 project

Question

I'm working on a Laravel 5.2.10 project, I was trying to fetch some data via ajax but I'm getting an 500 error, and I can't find what I'm missing out.

This is part of my routes.php

Route::group(['middleware' => 'web'], function () {
    Route::auth();
    Route::get('/home', 'HomeController@index');
    Route::get('/videos', 'VideosController@index');
    Route::post('/videos/fetch', array('before' => 'ajax_check'), 'AjaxController@postFetch');
});

On my 'AjaxController.php' I've got this function

public function postFetch()
{
    //Process data and come up with $data
    return view('videos')->with('video_data', $data);
}

And this is the JS ajax call

var request = $.ajax({
    url: "/videos/fetch",
    method: "POST",
    data: { url : url }
});

request.fail(function( jqXHR, textStatus ) {
    alert( "Request failed: " + textStatus );
});

MethodNotAllowedHttpException in RouteCollection.php line 219: in RouteCollection.php line 219 at RouteCollection->methodNotAllowed(array('POST')) in RouteCollection.php line 206 at RouteCollection->getRouteForMethods(object(Request), array('POST')) in RouteCollection.php line 158

The MethodNotAllowed hints that your post route isn't being picked up. What does the middleware web do exactly? Your postFetch() method doesn't declare the$data variable, is that because you removed the code to simplify it? Also your post route isn't correct. It should be in the following format Route::post('videos/fetch', array( 'before' => 'ajax_check', 'uses' => 'AjaxController@postFetch' )); — Jeemusu
$data is generation is omitted yes. middleware web manages the session info. I believe that the problem is at route.php but I'm not sure what is it, something regarding the way that POST data is managed. — jonystorm
Do you have route caching enabled? Does php artisan routes show the expected routes? — Jeemusu
I found that it's a different error, there seems to be a "TokenMismatchException". Probably I have to add the csrf token to the ajax request, I'll try with that — jonystorm

Jeemusu Jeemusu · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-16T04:28:34

The MethodNotAllowed exception hints that your post route isn't being picked up. The format of your post route looks a little odd to me. It should be in the following format

Route::post('videos/fetch', array( 'before' => 'ajax_check', 'uses' => 'AjaxController@postFetch' ));

Internal Server Error Ajax request on Laravel 5.2.10 project

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