PATCH Ajax request in Laravel

Question

Is it possible to make Ajax PATCH requests to Laravel, or am I restricted to POST? Laravel uses PATCH in input hidden fields. However, I am not using form elements—just buttons that should partially update a record when clicked (via an Ajax request).

How would the route look like for this?

Routes file

Route::patch('questions/{id}', 'QuestionController@update')->before('admin');

I am not sure if Laravel routes support PATCH.

Controller

public function update($id) {
    if (Request::ajax() && Request::isMethod('patch')) {
        //partially update record here
    }
}

JavaScript

$('div#question_preview <some button selector>').click(function (event) {
    $.ajax({
        url: 'questions/' + question_id,
        type: 'PATCH',
        data: {status: 'some status'}
    });
});

@SetKyarWaLar PUT is used if you know the entire contents of the resource. In my case, I am only updating a part of the resource without the entire resource data which is what patch is for. — Rafael, Jan 13 '15 at 04:05

score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 20 '23 at 20:52

11

Yeah, it's possible. Try in your JavaScript:

$('#div#question_preview <some button selector>').click(function() {
    $.ajax({
        url: 'questions/'+question_id,
        type: 'PATCH',
        data: {status: <SOME VALUE I WANT>, _method: "PATCH"},
        success: function(res) {
        }
    });
});

In your route:

Route::patch('questions/{id}', 'QuestionController@update')->before('admin');

In your QuestionController Controller's update method:

dd(Request::method());

You will see the response like

string(5) "PATCH"

Read more about request information in the Laravel documentation.

edited Apr 20 '23 at 20:52

Peter Mortensen

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answered Jan 13 '15 at 04:27

Set Kyar Wa Lar

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:D Thank you man, you are awesome! Also I did not include the `_method: "PATCH"` in my data since it is already being requested as patch and it worked without any issues. Thank you for your help, cheers! – Rafael Jan 13 '15 at 04:59
Quick question but how do I access the status values (in my data) on the server side? Usually I would use $_GET or $_POST supers but for patch? – Rafael Jan 13 '15 at 05:06
For Laravel `Request::isMethod('PATCH')` ? – Set Kyar Wa Lar Jan 13 '15 at 05:11
I mean to access my data in the ajax call? I want to access the key / value pair I stored in the jQuery data method. – Rafael Jan 13 '15 at 05:14
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`Input::all()` for all of your input values. For specific name `Input::get('specific-name');` Read more on [doc](http://laravel.com/docs/4.2/requests#basic-input) – Set Kyar Wa Lar Jan 13 '15 at 05:22

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 23 '21 at 14:22

It's possible!

You should need to provide an extra parameter in the form request called as _method with a value PATCH.

JS

$('div#question_preview <some button selector>').click(function (event) {
    $.ajax({
        url: 'questions/'+question_id,
        type: 'PATCH',
        data: {status: 'some status',_method: 'PATCH'}
    });
});

You can provide a hidden input in the view file with the value PATCH for better readability HTML

<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="PATCH">

If you are using FormData, you need to send the request as POST. The Laravel application will automatically get it as a PATCH request because you included @method('PATCH'). So your route and method for that will get triggered.

JS with FormData

$('div#question_preview <some button selector>').click(function (event) {
    let form_data= new FormData();
    form_data.append('status','some status');
    form_data.append('_method','PATCH');
    $.ajax({
        url: 'questions/'+question_id,
        type: 'POST',
        data: form_data
    });
});

PATCH Ajax request in Laravel

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