The difference between delete and the other routes

Question

Below I have the link-helpers for the actions edit and destroy. The first link (and all the others) is working perfectly but the second creates a weird url that doesn't work.

<%= link_to "Edit", edit_event_path(organizer_vanity_url: event.organizer.vanity_url, id: event.id) %>  
<%= link_to 'Remove', event_path(organizer_vanity_url: event.organizer.vanity_url, id: event.id), method: :delete, data: { confirm: 'Are you sure?' } %>

This is from the routes.rb:

scope "organizer" do
  scope ":organizer_vanity_url" do
    scope "manage" do
      resources :events
    end
  end
end

What is the difference between the delete link-helper and the others (as that's the only one that doesn't work)?

Same solution as http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4606860/rails-3-link-to-to-destroy-not-working — polmiro, Aug 27 '13 at 21:43
@polmiro button_to? As I have nested routing, I need to pass params to build the route, don't I? — Fellow Stranger, Aug 27 '13 at 21:46
Yeah but the button_to will make a POST request, which is needed to use the method DELETE as @okliv mentions in his answer — polmiro, Aug 27 '13 at 22:01

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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link_to - is GET-request-like helper (by default)

DELETE method is POST-like method

so, you passing post method to get helper and receive "weird url"

to solve this you have two options:

use button_to instead of link_to helper (first one is for post form submitting, by default)
use js to correctly handle your link.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Aug 27 '13 at 21:52

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