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@ -19,6 +19,23 @@ For example, given the following form:
`request.method` would return `"DELETE"`.
## HTTP header based method overriding
REST framework also supports method overriding via the `X-HTTP-Method-Override`
header. This is useful if you are working with non-form content such as
JSON and are working with an older web server and/or hosting provider
(e.g. [Amazon Web Services ELB][aws_elb]) that doesn't recognise particular
HTTP methods such as `PATCH`.
For example, making a `PATCH` request via `POST` in jQuery:
$.ajax({
url: '/myresource/',
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-HTTP-Method-Override': 'PATCH'},
...
});
## Browser based submission of non-form content
Browser-based submission of content types other than form are supported by
@ -62,3 +79,4 @@ as well as how to support content types other than form-encoded data.
[rails]: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/form_helpers.html#how-do-forms-with-put-or-delete-methods-work
[html5]: http://www.w3.org/TR/html5-diff/#changes-2010-06-24
[put_delete]: http://amundsen.com/examples/put-delete-forms/
[aws_elb]: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?messageID=400724