PATCH Ajax request in Laravel

Is it possible to make Ajax PATCH requests to Laravel, or am I restricted to POST? Laravel uses PATCH in input hidden fields. However, I am not using form elements—just buttons that should partially update a record when clicked (via an Ajax request).

How would the route look like for this?

Routes file

Route::patch('questions/{id}', 'QuestionController@update')->before('admin');

I am not sure if Laravel routes support PATCH.

Controller

public function update($id) {
    if (Request::ajax() && Request::isMethod('patch')) {
        //partially update record here
    }
}

JavaScript

$('div#question_preview <some button selector>').click(function (event) {
    $.ajax({
        url: 'questions/' + question_id,
        type: 'PATCH',
        data: {status: 'some status'}
    });
});

Yeah, it's possible. Try in your JavaScript:

$('#div#question_preview <some button selector>').click(function() {
    $.ajax({
        url: 'questions/'+question_id,
        type: 'PATCH',
        data: {status: <SOME VALUE I WANT>, _method: "PATCH"},
        success: function(res) {
        }
    });
});

In your route:

Route::patch('questions/{id}', 'QuestionController@update')->before('admin');

In your QuestionController Controller's update method:

dd(Request::method());

You will see the response like

string(5) "PATCH"

Read more about request information in the Laravel documentation.