Method on redirect()-to()

Question

I'm new in Laravel!!

I have a js that send a request DELETE to my controller:

   $.ajax({
                 url: link,
                 method: 'DELETE',
                 data: {
                      _token: $('input#_token').val(),
                 },

Than my controller return redirect

public function destroy(User $user)
{
    $this->repository->delete($user->id);

    return redirect()->to(route('users.index'));
}

This route "users.index" has the "GET" method, but the redirect is considering the DELETE method, resulting in this error:

DELETE http://localhost:8000/users 405 (Method Not Allowed)

Can i change the method using in redirect?

Tks!

Possible duplicate of Laravel 5.4 redirect taking method from request object To be honest, I'm not sure if I'm crazy about the thought of that being the best solution, but it was provided by a fairly high-rep user. There might just not be a good way to do it built in to Laravel. — Patrick Q

Lucas Ferreira Lucas Ferreira · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-30T19:25:36

Ajax request will always follow redirects (actually, there's a work around), so you probably should change your controller to avoid redirects if this is an ajax request.

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

# [...]

public function destroy(Request $request, User $user)
{
    $this->repository->delete($user->id);

    if ($request->ajax()) {
        return $user;
    }

    return redirect()->to(route('users.index'));
}

If this controller only receives ajax requests, you can make it simpler.

public function destroy(Request $request, User $user)
{
    $this->repository->delete($user->id);

    # or return whatever you want with: response()->json($contents);
    return $user;
}

[UPDATED] Making redirects after ajax

As @PatricQ mentioned, you might want to make the redirect after the ajax call. If this is the case, I suggest that you create a response format that your javascript understands and makes a redirect.

An example would be to return the redirect URL:

return response()->json(['redirect' => true, 'to' => route('users.index')]);

This way, in your javascript you would check for the redirect flag.

$.ajax({
    url: link,
    method: 'DELETE',
    data: {
        _token: $('input#_token').val(),
    },
    success: function (response) {
        if (response.redirect) {
            window.location.href = response.to;
        }
    },
});

Method on redirect()-to()

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