README.md

Django Parse Request Body Middleware

What is it

Before

def view(request):
    # I want to use request body
    import json
    data = json.loads(request.body)
    ...

Now

def view(request):
    # use request body directly
    request.data

Compatibilities

• Python 3.5+
• Django 1.11+, 2.1+, 3.0 not sure

Not sure work fine in other version.

Request body type

• form-data
• application/json
• x-www-form-urlencoded
  • Test needed
• raw
  • Test needed
• binary
  • Test needed

Usage

1. Put middleware.py and util.py to your django projects in same folder.
2. Add RequsetBodyParseMiddleware to your settings.py.

MIDDLEWARE = [
    "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
    "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
    "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
    "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
    "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
    "<path.to.your.folder>.middleware.RequsetBodyParseMiddleware",
]