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David542
David542

Reputation: 110237

Why does JSON-encoded POST data appear in raw_post_data but not POST

I am able to parse the following using django's request.POST:

>>> r = requests.POST(url, data={'name': 'david'})

# in view
name = request.POST.get('name') # 'david'

However, if I encode that data as json, I'm not able to get it and I have to use request.body:

>>> r = requests.POST(url, data=json.dumps({'name': 'david'}))

# in view
name = request.POST.get('name') # empty string
name = request.body.get('name') # 'david'

Why doesn't django parse the POST data here if it's in json?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 51

Answers (1)

andrean
andrean

Reputation: 6796

request.POST is meant to access conventional html form data, and request.body for all other formats (xml, json, etc.). raw_post_data is deprecated in newer django versions, it's successor is request.body. Also, you would have to deserialize the incoming json data before accessing it even through request.body , e.g.: json.loads(request.body)

More information can be found about both HttpRequest.body and HttpRequest.POST in the official documentation: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/request-response/#django.http.HttpRequest.body

Upvotes: 1

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