How to Send an Ajax POST Request to a Laravel Route

in this tutorial i will show you How to Send an Ajax POST Request to a Laravel Route. AJAX is a widely used technique that allows you to send and receive data in your application and refresh a part of your page, without the need for a full page refresh.

In Laravel, sending data via an AJAX POST request involves adding JavaScript code to your blade view, and processing the received data by implementing a function in the controller. Additionally, you’ll need to define a route linking the controller function to a specific URL. You Can Learn How to Prevent Users to Enter Weak Password in Laravel 11

In this tutorial, we’ll create an example application that can add tasks to a list without a full page refresh. I’ll guide you through each step of the process, including installing Laravel, setting up models, migrations, controllers, routes, and views. I will provide two approaches to send the POST request from your view, one will use Axios and one will use jQuery. You can choose which of them best suits your project requirements

Let’s get started! How to Send an Ajax POST Request to a Laravel Route

Step 1: Install Laravel

If you haven’t already, set up a new Laravel project by running:

composer create-project laravel/laravel laravel-ajax-post

Step 2: Add Database Credentials to .env (Optional)

If you’ve installed Laravel 11 or newer you can use the default Sqlite database connection out of the box without editing any configuration for it. In this case you can skip this step.

Should you wish to use a different database, like MySQL or PostgreSQL, you should edit the file .env accordingly. For example, to use MySQL, you should edit it to look like this:

.env

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=ajax
DB_USERNAME=my-mysql-username
DB_PASSWORD=my-mysql-password

This assumes you’ve installed a MySQL server and created the user named “my-mysql-username” and the database named “ajax“. Make sure you edit these to match your own database and user names.

Step 3: Create Model to save a Task
Generate a new model named Task using Artisan, along with its migration file:
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