Question

Is it possible to fire off an http DELETE using an html form? I have an app that requires an http delete but when I try posting to it with my form, it tells me the method is not allowed and to try DELETE. Here is my form code:

<form method='delete' action='/groups/dissolve/$org_ID' />
<input class='btn btn-danger' type='submit' value='close group forever' style='font-size:82.5%' />
</form>

I am following instructions I found on this site: http://amundsen.com/examples/put-delete-forms/

When I use the REST client plugin for FireFox and send an http delete, it works. Does not work from the form I wrote above. Help?

Thanks

Answer 1

Nope – you cannot code HTTP verbs like “DELETE” from an HTML 4.x or XHTML form:

• Is it possible to trigger an HTTP DELETE request from an HTML form?

• A proposal for supporting PUT and DELETE in HTML Forms