angularjs PATCH method 404 response - angularjs

Question

WORK AROUND IS AT THE BOTTOM
Original problem
There are question like this all over the web and none of them really have answer for me. I can't get an http PATCH operation to work using angular to save my life. I've implemented $http, with shortcut $http.patch and without using the config object method:PATCH. I've used $resource by adding a custom method. And I've implemented Restangular using their patch and I'm getting the same error. I have the correct Content-Type as suggested in other posts. I think it's safe to say at this point, it's something I'm missing. I'm getting the same "404" message via postman when trying to patch. I can PUT, GET, POST, and DELETE, but not PATCH.
In the following images you can see that the resource exists for GET. But when trying to patch I get 404. Browsing to that endpoint shows the record. Which is stored in Mongodb.
Here's some code snippets:
Resangular GET:
var corporiumRecord = Restangular.one('corporium-mgmnts', $scope.uuid);
corporiumRecord.get().then(function(res) {
console.log(res)
}, function(err) {
console.log('Restangular failed: ', err)
});
Restangular Patch:
var data = {
corporiumId: $scope.newBlock
};
var corporiumRecord = Restangular.one('corporium-mgmnts', $scope.uuid);
corporiumRecord.patch(data).then(function(res) {
console.log(res)
}, function(err) {
console.log('Restangular failed: ', err)
});
$http attempt using config object:
controller code:
httpCorporiumSrv.updateCorporiumId('/corporium-mgmnts/' + $scope.params.id, data)
.then(handleUpdateSuccess)
.catch(handleUpdateError);
service code, tried forcing the content-type header but got same result
with or without it:
function updateCorporiumId(url, data) {
return $http({
method: 'PATCH',
url: url,
data: angular.toJson(data),
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset=utf-8'
}
//transformRequest: transformUpdateData
})
.then(handleUpdateSuccess)
.catch(handleUpdateErrors);
}
Using the .patch shortcut:
function updateCorporiumId(url, data) {
return $http.patch(url, data, {
transformRequest: transformUpdateData
})
.then(handleUpdateSuccess)
.catch(handleUpdateErrors);
}
Thing is I've tried this every which way I know how. I don't even know how to start debugging any more. I'm just getting 404 on a resource that does exist. Any suggestions on what might be happening to my request would be great.
Resolution:
For anyone having this issue, if you could post the fix or what's going on here to this point or PM me that would be awesome I'd like to know. I ended up just using PUT to fix this.
Quick Restangular solution:
Build the url template for findByOne like function using Restangular.one(url, _id) where '_id', is the id of the resource you're looking for. .get() goes out and finds that one resource by said id, which you can populate dynamically however you like. Once you have the one resource with GET copy it with Restangular.copy() which is different from angular.copy as it doesn't bind 'this' to the new object. Change what needs to be changed or added in the new object and then perform a .put() on it.
var corporiumRecord = Restangular.one('corporium-mgmnts', $scope.uuid);
corporiumRecord.get().then(function(res) {
var update = Restangular.copy(res);
// update date corporiumId
update.corporiumId = $scope.newBlock;
// submit new doc with altered value
update.put().then(function() {
console.log('updated')
});
console.log(update)
}, function(err) {
console.log('Restangular failed: ', err)
});
Also because mongo uses _id and Restangular uses id you have to add this to your module
angular.module('corporium-mgmnts').config(function(RestangularProvider) {
RestangularProvider.setMethodOverriders(['put', 'patch']);
// setRestangularFields is required for mongodb
RestangularProvider.setRestangularFields({
id: "_id"
});
});