django-http-methods

Middleware to support standard HTTP verbs DELETE, PUT and PATCH for Django without Django Rest Framework. Also available for add another or custom verbs.

Working on Python 3+ and Django 2+

Fundamentals

Django, nativelly, doesn't support anothers HTTP verbs than GET and POST; but it's possible to use the others in a standard way. To do so, it's necessary to make a POST request with the header X-HTTP-Method-Override, which indicates that actual method it's meant to be overriten with the value of the header.

Usage

1. Add the middleware.py file to your project

2. Add the HttpXMethodOverride to the middlewares list on settings.py

   MIDDLEWARE = [
   ... ,
   your_app.middleware.HttpXMethodOverride,
   ]

3. Access accordingly of the verb:

   request.DELETE["some_key"]
   
   # or
   
   request.PUT["some_key"]

Examples on making a request on jQuery

$.ajax({
    type: 'POST',
    url: some_url,
    beforeSend: function(request)
    {
      request.setRequestHeader('X-Method-Override', 'DELETE') // Can use PUT instead of DELETE
    },
    success: function(data, textStatus, jqXHR)
    {
       console.log(data)
    },
});