Error 405 (Method Not Allowed) Laravel 5 - php

Question

Im trying to do a POST request with jQuery but im getting a error 405 (Method Not Allowed), Im working with Laravel 5
THis is my code:
jQuery
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$('.delete').click(function (e){
e.preventDefault();
var row = $(this).parents('tr');
var id = row.data('id');
var form = $('#formDelete');
var url = form.attr('action').replace(':USER_ID', id);
var data = form.serialize();
$.post(url, data, function (result){
alert(result);
});
});
});
</script>
HTML
{!! Form::open(['route' => ['companiesDelete', ':USER_ID'], 'method' =>'DELETE', 'id' => 'formDelete']) !!}
{!!Form::close() !!}
Controller
public function delete($id, \Request $request){
return $id;
}
The Jquery error is http://localhost/laravel5.1/public/empresas/eliminar/5 405 (Method Not Allowed).
The url value is
http://localhost/laravel5.1/public/empresas/eliminar/5
and the data value is
_method=DELETE&_token=pCETpf1jDT1rY615o62W0UK7hs3UnTNm1t0vmIRZ.
If i change to $.get request it works fine, but i want to do a post request.
Anyone could help me?
Thanks.
EDIT!!
Route
Route::post('empresas/eliminar/{id}', ['as' => 'companiesDelete', 'uses' => 'CompaniesController#delete']);

Answer 1

The methodNotAllowed exception indicates that a route doesn't exist for the HTTP method you are requesting.
Your form is set up to make a DELETE request, so your route needs to use Route::delete() to receive this.
Route::delete('empresas/eliminar/{id}', [
'as' => 'companiesDelete',
'uses' => 'CompaniesController#delete'
]);

Answer 2

Your routes.php file needs to be setup correctly.
What I am assuming your current setup is like:
Route::post('/empresas/eliminar/{id}','CompanyController#companiesDelete');
or something. Define a route for the delete method instead.
Route::delete('/empresas/eliminar/{id}','CompanyController#companiesDelete');
Now if you are using a Route resource, the default route name to be used for the 'DELETE' method is .destroy. Define your delete logic in that function instead.

Answer 3

In my case the route in my router was:
Route::post('/new-order', 'Api\OrderController#initiateOrder')->name('newOrder');
and from the client app I was posting the request to:
https://my-domain/api/new-order/
So, because of the trailing slash I got a 405. Hope it helps someone

Answer 4

If you didn't have such an error during development and it props up only in production try
php artisan route:list to see if the route exists.
If it doesn't try
php artisan route:clear to clear your cache.
That worked for me.

Answer 5

This might help someone so I'll put my inputs here as well.
I've encountered the same (or similar) problem. Apparently, the problem was the POST request was blocked by Modsec by the following rules: 350147, 340147, 340148, 350148
After blocking the request, I was redirected to the same endpoint but as a GET request of course and thus the 405.
I whitelisted those rules and voila, the 405 error was gone.
Hope this helps someone.

Answer 6

If you're using the resource routes, then in the HTML body of the form, you can use method_field helper like this:
<form>
{{ csrf_field() }}
{{ method_field('PUT') }}
<!-- ... -->
</form>
It will create hidden form input with method type, that is correctly interpereted by Laravel 5.5+.
Since Laravel 5.6 you can use following Blade directives in the templates:
<form>
#method('put')
#csrf
<!-- ... -->
</form>
Hope this might help someone in the future.

Answer 7

When use method delete in form then must have to set route delete
Route::delete("empresas/eliminar/{id}", "CompaniesController#delete");

Answer 8

I solved that issue by running php artisan route:cache which cleared the cache and it's start working.

Answer 9

For Laravel 7 +, just in case you run into this, you should check if the route exists using
php artisan route:list
if it exists then you need to cache your routes
php artisan route:cache