How to handle with Django HTTP.Request, request content-type, query parameters
Question: Hi all I'm new in Python and Django actually also in Coding.

I would like to build an app, that can receive a POST-Request with the
Content_Type 'application/xml'.

I don't understand how to handle with the HTTP.Request.META in django. First I
would like to check the Content_type, then the Query_string, then
Content_Lenght.

    
    
    from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
    from django.shortcuts import render
    from django.http import (
    HttpResponse, HttpResponseNotAllowed, HttpRequest,)
    
    
    @csrf_exempt
    # Check the HTTP Request Method
    def app(request):
        if request.method != "POST":
            return HttpResponseNotAllowed(permitted_methods=('POST',))
        else:
           # checkcontent(request)
        return HttpResponse('OK')
    
    “““
    def checkcontent(request):
        if not 'application/xml' in request.meta['CONTENT_TYPE']:
            raise Exception("Invalid content-type. The expected request content-type is 'application/xml'")
    
    “““
    

The Comment Block Doesn't Work!

Can someone explain me?

Thx

Anas Syed


Answer: first of all, [here are all available
headers](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/request-
response/#django.http.HttpRequest.META) of http request in django

so you need:

    
    
    request.META['CONTENT_TYPE']
    

instead of

    
    
    request.meta['CONTENT_TYPE']
    

