Should I use POST or DELETE verb in jQuery.ajax() function

Question

This is from jQuery API docs:

typeString Default: 'GET' The type of request to make ("POST" or "GET"), default is "GET". Note: Other HTTP request methods, such as PUT and DELETE, can also be used here, but they are not supported by all browsers.

I am going to make AJAX delete links with jQuery. What I would like to know is specifics about browser support for DELETE and PUT. Which browsers support it? Is it safer that I just go with POST?

Given that I work in ASP.NET MVC I can decorate my controller actions with both DELETE and POST so both can be accepted.

Answer 1

Go with POST. You don't have to worry about browser support and future maintainers of your code will understand whats going on just fine.

Answer 2

If all you're doing is deleting an item with a certain ID, GET should suit your purposes: http://www.diffen.com/difference/Get_vs_Post

Just make sure you handle a case where someone tries to delete something that's already deleted

Answer 3

You could go with POST then set a form field named X-HTTP-Method-Override to DELETE.

See SO question #467535 for specific examples:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/467535/is-it-possible-to-implement-x-http-method-override-in-asp-net-mvc

Answer 4

Extract from form value and send request, call Html.HttpMethodOverride(HttpVerbs.Delete) in form.