updating a resource

[Dan]

Hello,

I would like to update a resource from a form, but can't get the
correct action invoked when declared as

put ... do
...
end

works fine as

post ... do
...
end

the browser wants to post the form contents. What is the trick to
invoke the put action?

Thanks.

[JW]

I think modern browsers don't support PUT in <form>s (I think they do
using JavaScript's XMLHttpRequest). So, you just POST the form with a
hidden parameter _method set to 'put'. So, in your HTML, you write
something like:

<form method='post' action='/somewhere'>
<input type='hidden' name='_method' value='put' />
...
</form>

Then the browser uses POST, but Sinatra will interpret is as PUT.
(Sinatra developers: correct me if I'm wrong.)

JW

2008/7/16, Dan <dan...@gmail.com>:

[blake.m...@gmail.com]

JW,

That is correct.

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