express use delete

expressdelete.md

• base of project

npm install method-override

• in server.js

var methodOverride = require('method-override');
// override with POST having ?_method=DELETE
app.use(methodOverride('_method'))

• in show.ejs or wherever you want to delete it

<form method="POST" action="/posts/<%= post.id %>?_method=DELETE">
  <input type="hidden" name="_method" value="delete"/>
  <button type="submit" name="postId" value="<%= post.id %>">Put resource</button>
</form>

• in our routes

router.delete('/:id', function(req, res) {
	var id = req.body.postId;
	post.destroyBlogEntry(parseInt(id));
	res.render('posts/index', { title: "My Blog", posts: post.getBlogEntries() });
})

• in our post.js

exports.destroyBlogEntry = function(id) {
	for (var i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
		if (entries[i].id === id) {
			console.log("splice entries");
			return entries.splice(i, 1);
		}
	}
}