Thymeleaf - Button click to call http delete method

Question

I would like to call the url via http delete method. I tried th:onclick and th:action but not working.

html code:

Answer 1

I think you will need a form for your transaction. And also this hidden input field.

<form action="#" th:action="@{'/delete/{id}'(id=${foo.id})}" th:method="delete" >
  <input type="hidden" name="_method" value="delete" />
  <button type="submit" id="submitButton"> </button>
</form>

Answer 2

The th:method="delete" creates the hidden input field automatically for you. If you add it manually as well you will have it twice. Check the source code.

I still got the POST Error message after the recommendations here. I found out Spring ignores those hidden fields by default. The solution is to activate it in your application.properties file:

spring.mvc.hiddenmethod.filter.enabled=true

My working code in my application looks like this:

Form:

<form action="#" th:action="@{'/books/delete/{id}'(id=${book.id})}" th:method="delete" >
    <button type="submit" class="btn">
        Delete
    </button>
</form>

Controller:

@RequestMapping(value="/books/delete/{id}", method = RequestMethod.DELETE)
public String deleteBook(@PathVariable Long id) {
    bookService.deleteBook(id);
    return "books";
}