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< li > < a href = "#browser-based-put,-delete,-etc" > Browser based PUT, DELETE, etc...< / a > < / li >
< li > < a href = "#http-header-based-method-overriding" > HTTP header based method overriding< / a > < / li >
< li > < a href = "#browser-based-submission-of-non-form-content" > Browser based submission of non-form content< / a > < / li >
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< h1 id = "browser-enhancements" > Browser enhancements< / h1 >
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< p > "There are two noncontroversial uses for overloaded POST. The first is to < em > simulate< / em > HTTP's uniform interface for clients like web browsers that don't support PUT or DELETE"< / p >
< p > — < a href = "http://www.amazon.com/Restful-Web-Services-Leonard-Richardson/dp/0596529260" > RESTful Web Services< / a > , Leonard Richardson & Sam Ruby.< / p >
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< h2 id = "browser-based-put-delete-etc" > Browser based PUT, DELETE, etc...< / h2 >
< p > REST framework supports browser-based < code > PUT< / code > , < code > DELETE< / code > and other methods, by
overloading < code > POST< / code > requests using a hidden form field.< / p >
< p > Note that this is the same strategy as is used in < a href = "http://guides.rubyonrails.org/form_helpers.html#how-do-forms-with-put-or-delete-methods-work" > Ruby on Rails< / a > .< / p >
< p > For example, given the following form:< / p >
< pre class = "prettyprint lang-py" > < code > < form action="/news-items/5" method="POST">
< input type="hidden" name="_method" value="DELETE">
< /form>
< / code > < / pre >
< p > < code > request.method< / code > would return < code > "DELETE"< / code > .< / p >
< h2 id = "http-header-based-method-overriding" > HTTP header based method overriding< / h2 >
< p > REST framework also supports method overriding via the semi-standard < code > X-HTTP-Method-Override< / code > header. This can be useful if you are working with non-form content such as JSON and are working with an older web server and/or hosting provider that doesn't recognise particular HTTP methods such as < code > PATCH< / code > . For example < a href = "https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?messageID=400724" > Amazon Web Services ELB< / a > .< / p >
< p > To use it, make a < code > POST< / code > request, setting the < code > X-HTTP-Method-Override< / code > header.< / p >
< p > For example, making a < code > PATCH< / code > request via < code > POST< / code > in jQuery:< / p >
< pre class = "prettyprint lang-py" > < code > $.ajax({
url: '/myresource/',
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-HTTP-Method-Override': 'PATCH'},
...
});
< / code > < / pre >
< h2 id = "browser-based-submission-of-non-form-content" > Browser based submission of non-form content< / h2 >
< p > Browser-based submission of content types other than form are supported by
using form fields named < code > _content< / code > and < code > _content_type< / code > :< / p >
< p > For example, given the following form:< / p >
< pre class = "prettyprint lang-py" > < code > < form action="/news-items/5" method="PUT">
< input type="hidden" name="_content_type" value="application/json">
< input name="_content" value="{'count': 1}">
< /form>
< / code > < / pre >
< p > < code > request.content_type< / code > would return < code > "application/json"< / code > , and
< code > request.stream< / code > would return < code > "{'count': 1}"< / code > < / p >
< h2 id = "url-based-accept-headers" > URL based accept headers< / h2 >
< p > REST framework can take < code > ?accept=application/json< / code > style URL parameters,
which allow the < code > Accept< / code > header to be overridden.< / p >
< p > This can be useful for testing the API from a web browser, where you don't
have any control over what is sent in the < code > Accept< / code > header.< / p >
< h2 id = "url-based-format-suffixes" > URL based format suffixes< / h2 >
< p > REST framework can take < code > ?format=json< / code > style URL parameters, which can be a
useful shortcut for determining which content type should be returned from
the view.< / p >
< p > This is a more concise than using the < code > accept< / code > override, but it also gives
you less control. (For example you can't specify any media type parameters)< / p >
< h2 id = "doesnt-html5-support-put-and-delete-forms" > Doesn't HTML5 support PUT and DELETE forms?< / h2 >
< p > Nope. It was at one point intended to support < code > PUT< / code > and < code > DELETE< / code > forms, but
was later < a href = "http://www.w3.org/TR/html5-diff/#changes-2010-06-24" > dropped from the spec< / a > . There remains
< a href = "http://amundsen.com/examples/put-delete-forms/" > ongoing discussion< / a > about adding support for < code > PUT< / code > and < code > DELETE< / code > ,
as well as how to support content types other than form-encoded data.< / p >
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