Laravel Error: MethodNotAllowedHttpException in RouteCollection.php - laravel-5

Question

Having creating a code for Excel upload I am getting the below mentioned error...
MethodNotAllowedHttpException in RouteCollection.php
The codes written in VIEW is
views/items/items
#extends('layouts.master')
#section('content')
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-4"></div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="row">
<form action="{{route('items.import')}}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<div class="col-md-6">
{{csrf_field()}}
<input type="file" name="imported-file"/>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Import</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-2">
<!-- <button class="btn btn-success">Export</button> -->
</div>
</div>
#endsection
The codes written in route.php is...
Route::get('/items', 'ItemController#index');
Route::post('/items/import',[ 'as' => 'items.import', 'uses' => 'ItemController#import']);
ItemController.ASPX
public function index()
{
return view('items.items');
}
/**
* Show the form for creating a new resource.
*
* #return Response
*/
public function import(Request $request)
{
if($request->file('imported-file'))
{
$path = $request->file('imported-file')->getRealPath();
$data = Excel::load($path, function($reader) {
})->get();
if(!empty($data) && $data->count())
{
$data = $data->toArray();
for($i=0;$i<count($data);$i++)
{
$dataImported[] = $data[$i];
}
}
Inventory::insert($dataImported);
}
return back();
}
Can anyone please help me what am missing in my coding that outputs the error...

Answer 1

Try this code instead of yours:
Route::post('/items/import',[ 'as' => 'items/import', 'uses' => 'ItemController#import']);
The trick is - the route needs to be named.
To avoid future confusion, it's better to name it as "items.import", so later you can identify for yourself that this is a "name" of a route.
So the final code would be:
Route::post('/items/import',[ 'as' => 'items.import', 'uses' => 'ItemController#import']);
and in blade template u call it like that:
<form action="{{route('items.import')}}"...