Question

when I do:

http://localhost:3000/signout

it says:

No route matches [GET] "/signout"

This is because in my routes config file I have:

match '/signout', to: 'sessions#destroy', via: :delete

so my question is whether its possible to send a “delete” request via the URL, so instead of pressing a link:

<%= link_to "Sign out", signout_path, :method => :delete %>

I can mimic the action via URL.

Answer 1

Not really. Although DELETE is part of the HTTP spec almost all web browsers only know how to make GET and POST requestes. When you click a link_to with the :delete method Rails actually creates a form on the fly and ‘POSTs’ it back to the server. Have a look at the source code.