Enables clients to submit empty POST, PUT and DELETE requests using simple links.

SubmitLink.js

(function($) {

    $(document).on('click', 'a[data-method]', function(e) {
        e.preventDefault();

        var $this = $(this),
            action = $this.attr('href'),
            method = $this.data('method')
            ;

        if (['post', 'put', 'delete'].indexOf(method) < 0)
            throw 'Binding misused: Unrecognized method "' + method +'"';

        // console.debug('action=%s, method=%s', action, method);
        $form = $('<form action="'+ action +'" method="post"></form>');

        if (method === 'put' || method === 'delete') {
            $form.append('<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="'+ method +'" />');
        }

        $form.appendTo('body').submit();
    });

})(window.jQuery);

Say you want to delete an object with ID equal to 1 (not with ajax) using something as simple as a link but also conform with the REST principle, which means that the request method should be DELETE and the object url should be something like http://www.venture.com/api/v1/object/1

Simple usage:

<a href="http://www.venture.com/api/v1/object/1" data-method="delete">Delete Object</a>

This way you can keep your server side code clean (delete objects only on DELETE requests) and also use simple form submission.

Also, in case it is not obvious, HTML5 form does not support PUT and DELETE methods.