{"id":"ac6b60c80b87bb22","repo":"labstack/echo","slug":"could-not-find-route-to-remove-by-given-path-and-m","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"could not find route to remove by given path and method","messagePattern":"could not find route to remove by given path and method","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"router.go","lineNumber":438,"sourceCode":"\t\tdefault:\n\t\t\tcurrentNode = currentNode.findStaticChild(next)\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tif currentNode == nil {\n\t\t\tbreak\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\tif nodeToRemove == nil {\n\t\treturn errors.New(\"could not find route to remove by given path\")\n\t}\n\n\tif !nodeToRemove.isHandler {\n\t\treturn errors.New(\"could not find route to remove by given path\")\n\t}\n\n\tif mh := nodeToRemove.methods.find(method, false, false); mh == nil {\n\t\treturn errors.New(\"could not find route to remove by given path and method\")\n\t}\n\tnodeToRemove.setHandler(method, nil)\n\n\tvar rIndex int\n\tfor i, rr := range r.routes {\n\t\tif rr.Method == method && rr.Path == path {\n\t\t\trIndex = i\n\t\t\tbreak\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\tr.routes = append(r.routes[:rIndex], r.routes[rIndex+1:]...)\n\n\tif !nodeToRemove.isHandler && nodeToRemove.isLeaf {\n\t\t// TODO: if !nodeToRemove.isLeaf and has at least 2 children merge paths for remaining nodes?\n\t\tcurrent := nodeToRemove\n\t\tfor {\n\t\t\tparent := current.parent\n\t\t\tif parent == nil {","sourceCodeStart":420,"sourceCodeEnd":456,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/labstack/echo/blob/05489dc1730161df26b72d1ae2a3ba6fb8178fc7/router.go#L420-L456","documentation":"Returned by DefaultRouter.Remove (router.go:437-439) when the node at the path is a handler but the node's method table does not contain the requested method — e.g. the path is registered for GET but Remove asked for DELETE.","triggerScenarios":"Calling Remove(\"DELETE\", \"/users\") when only GET /users is registered; passing a lowercase method string (\"get\") that does not match the canonical http.MethodGet constant used at registration.","commonSituations":"Assuming a path exists for all HTTP methods; copy-pasting the wrong method constant; lowercase method strings.","solutions":["Pass the exact canonical method that was registered (http.MethodGet, not \"get\")","List e.Routes() to confirm which methods exist for the path","Register the method before trying to remove it"],"exampleFix":"// before\n_ = e.Router().Remove(\"get\", \"/users\")\n// after\n_ = e.Router().Remove(http.MethodGet, \"/users\")","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"for _, r := range e.Routes() {\n    if r.Path == path && r.Method == method {\n        return e.Router().Remove(method, path)\n    }\n}\nreturn nil","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Use net/http method constants, never lowercase strings","Verify the method+path pair exists in e.Routes()"],"tags":["routing","http-method"],"analyzedSha":"05489dc1730161df26b72d1ae2a3ba6fb8178fc7","analyzedAt":"2026-08-04T21:32:47.783Z","schemaVersion":2}