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d8ta
d8ta

Reputation: 167

How to send and array in $http.delete

I want to delete the tag created using http post. here is the code that i have tried.

$http({
    method: 'DELETE',
    url: '/api/tags',
    data: [vm.tags.name]
}).success(function(data) {
    console.log('Gets DELETED');
    vm.tags.name = data;
}).error(function(data) {
    console.log('Does not get DELETED');
});

However this didn't work and it only sends an array with [null]. So is there something i don't see or understand here. I mean, if the POST works it should work the same way with DELETE, right? By the way it shows the log "Gets DELETED" but didn't do so.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 6930

Answers (2)

d8ta
d8ta

Reputation: 167

I got the solution! In my case HTTP 1.1 was able to send the body, but the header was not able so use the content of JSON. So, by adding headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset=utf-8'} to the data: field of the $http.delete it worked and the array got send.

I hope this helps someone.

Thanks for the answers!

Upvotes: 5

Fabio Picheli
Fabio Picheli

Reputation: 959

Take a look in this answer, if you send something in the body of DELETE is ignored.

You should send in the path like this:

current/path?id=1&id=2&id=3&id=4

It's like the GET method, you are not allowed to send anything in the body.

UPDATE

If you make a request with the URL parameters in the example, you will receive a object like this:

{ id : [1, 2, 3, 4] }

Upvotes: 3

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