Vue + Fetch - HTTP DELETE Request Examples
Below is a quick set of examples to show how to send HTTP DELETE requests from Vue to a backend API using fetch() which comes bundled with all modern browsers.
Other HTTP examples available:
- Vue + Fetch: GET, POST, PUT
- Vue + Axios: GET, POST
- React + Fetch: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
- React + Axios: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
- Angular: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
- Blazor WebAssembly: GET, POST
- Axios: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
- Fetch: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
Simple DELETE request with fetch
This sends an HTTP DELETE request to the Reqres api which is a fake online REST api that includes a /api/posts/:id route that responds to DELETE requests with a HTTP 204 response. When the response is received the Vue component displays the status message 'Delete successful'.
created() {
// Simple DELETE request with fetch
fetch('https://reqres.in/api/posts/1', { method: 'DELETE' })
.then(() => this.status = 'Delete successful');
}
Example Vue component at https://codesandbox.io/s/vue-fetch-http-delete-request-examples-bcrmt1?file=/app/DeleteRequest.vue
DELETE request using fetch with async/await
This sends the same DELETE request from Vue using fetch, but this version uses an async function and the await javascript expression to wait for the promise to return (instead of using the promise then() method as above).
async created() {
// DELETE request using fetch with async/await
await fetch('https://reqres.in/api/posts/1', { method: 'DELETE' });
this.status = 'Delete successful';
}
Example Vue component at https://codesandbox.io/s/vue-fetch-http-delete-request-examples-bcrmt1?file=/app/DeleteRequestAsyncAwait.vue
DELETE request using fetch with error handling
This sends a DELETE request from Vue using fetch to an invalid url on the api then assigns the error message to the errorMessage component data property and logs the error to the console.
The fetch() function will automatically throw an error for network errors but not for HTTP errors such as 4xx or 5xx responses. For HTTP errors we can check the response.ok property to see if the request failed and reject the promise ourselves by calling return Promise.reject(error);. This approach means that both types of failed requests - network errors and http errors - can be handled by a single catch() block.
created() {
// DELETE request using fetch with error handling
fetch('https://reqres.in/invalid-url', { method: 'DELETE' })
.then(async response => {
const isJson = response.headers.get('content-type').includes('application/json');
const data = isJson && await response.json();
// check for error response
if (!response.ok) {
// get error message from body or default to response status
const error = (data && data.message) || response.status;
return Promise.reject(error);
}
this.status = 'Delete successful';
})
.catch(error => {
this.errorMessage = error;
console.error('There was an error!', error);
});
}
Example Vue component at https://codesandbox.io/s/vue-fetch-http-delete-request-examples-bcrmt1?file=/app/DeleteRequestErrorHandling.vue
DELETE request using fetch with set HTTP headers
This sends the same DELETE request again from Vue using fetch with a couple of headers set, the HTTP Authorization header and a custom header My-Custom-Header.
created() {
// DELETE request using fetch with set headers
const requestOptions = {
method: 'DELETE',
headers: {
'Authorization': 'Bearer my-token',
'My-Custom-Header': 'foobar'
}
};
fetch('https://reqres.in/api/posts/1', requestOptions)
.then(() => this.status = 'Delete successful');
}
Example Vue component at https://codesandbox.io/s/vue-fetch-http-delete-request-examples-bcrmt1?file=/app/DeleteRequestSetHeaders.vue
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