What is the MethodNotAllowed error?

While developing a web application, many server-client responses are involved to complete the required actions. The responses from the server are presented as status codes that inform the client of the server’s response. One such status code is “405” which represents the HTTP MethodNotAllowed error.

Why does the error occur?

HTTP has many different methods by which requests are sent, each with its own purpose. For example, GET is used to retrieve information from the server and POST is used to send data to the webserver.

This error occurs when a request is sent to the server using a method that is not allowed by the configurations. Maybe the route is set to receive/accept a POST request, but the method you are using to send the request is a GET method.

How to solve the issue

To address the issue, you need to ensure that the method you use for the request is the same as the one in the route.

For instance:

<form action="/save" method="POST">
//your input goes here
</form>

The route should equally be a post method like so: Route:post('/save','SaveController@save');

From the developer’s perspective, they could resolve the HTTP MethodNotAllowed error by following the steps above.