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Error on trying to override POST method with PUT (Method Not Allowed)

I am experiencing a "Method Not Allowed" issue when trying to override my POST request with PUT (for updating information in my blog). I already installed method override for koa.
HTML:
<div class="create-message content">
<form action="/messages/edit/<%= message.id %>?_method=PUT" method="POST">
<label for="title">Message title:</label>
<input required value="<%= message.title %>" type="text" id="title" name="title" required>
<label for="snippet">Message snippet:</label>
<input required value="<%= message.snippet %>" type="text" id="snippet" name="snippet" required>
<label for="body">Message body:</label>
<input required value="<%= message.body %>" type="text" id="body" name="body" required>
<button>Update</button>
</form>
My routs are the following:
//edit message
router.get('/messages/edit/:id', async (ctx, next) => {
const id = ctx.params.id;
const result = await MessageModel.findById(id)
await ctx.render('edit', {
title: 'Messages',
message: result
})
});
The code above runs well, but after I click on submit button, "Method Not Allowed" issue occurs instead of running this:
//update edited message
router.put('/messages/edit/:id', async (ctx, next) => {
MessageModel.findByIdAndUpdate(ctx.params.id, ctx.request.body, {new:true}, (err:any, result:any) => {
})
return ctx.redirect('/');
});
Please share your thoughts on this issue.
Thank you

Make sure you add the following to your app.js (index.js) file.
app.use(methodOverride('_method'));

You can't set the form method to PUT, it's either GET or POST.
to send a PUT request you can use AJAX, via (for instance) the Fetch API
EDIT: my bad, you used the "tunneling" concept mentioned in that solution.
per this documentation, maybe try with
<form method="POST" action="/resource" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">
<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="PUT">

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