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I am attempting to have the server handle a PUT request. But to no avail. The client keeps receiving "Cannot POST /" message after submitting the form. I am using Express 4.x.

Note that if I change "put" to "post" in my route, the request gets handled just fine...

How can I have my server handle the 'PUT' request?

SERVER:

var express         = require("express");
var bodyParser      = require("body-parser");
var methodOverride  = require("method-override");

var app             = express();

app.use(bodyParser());
app.use(methodOverride());


app.get("/",function(req,res){
    res.render("index.ejs");
    console.log("GET received.");
});
app.put("/",function(req,res){
    console.log("PUT received: " + req.body.userName + " - " + req.body.password);
});

app.listen(1337);
console.log("Listening on 1337.");

CLIENT

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>TODO supply a title</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form action="/" method="post">
            First
            <input type="text" name="first">
            Last
            <input type="text" name="last">
            <input type="hidden" name="_method" value="put">
            <button type="submit">Submit</button>
        </form>
    </body>
</html>

maxcnunes · Accepted Answer

A simpler way could be override using a query value:

var methodOverride = require('method-override')

// override with POST having ?_method=PUT
app.use(methodOverride('_method'))

Example call with query override using HTML :

<form method="POST" action="/resource?_method=PUT">
  <button type="submit">Put resource</button>
</form>

Node.js - Express 4.x - method-override not handling PUT request

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