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Django Middleware for HTTP Method Override Form Params & Header

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Django Method Override
======================

Django middleware that overrides the HTTP method through either a `_method` form param (Ruby on Rails style) or the X-HTTP-Method-Override header.

Installation
------------

1. Install via pip:

:::bash
$ pip install django-method-override

2. Add the `MethodOverrideMiddleware` **after** Django's `CsrfViewMiddleware`:

:::python
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
# ...
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'method_override.middleware.MethodOverrideMiddleware',
# ...
)

3. Add `method_override` to your `INSTALLED_APPS`:

:::python
INSTALLED_APPS = (
# ...
'method_override',
)

Usage
-----

Use the provided template tag in your form to add the desired form:

:::html+django
{% load method_override %}
<form action="{% url 'post-detail' %}" method="POST">
{% csrf_token %}
{% method_override 'PUT' %}
</form>

Now, you may use `put` in you Class-based views. Django Method Override will even copy over the form data to `request.PUT`:

:::python
class PostView(View):
def put(self, request):
form = Form(request.PUT)
# ...

The X-HTTP-Method-Override header is also supported. So for the above view, this will work too:

:::javascript
$.ajax({
'headers': {'X-HTTP-Method-Override': 'PUT'},
'type': 'POST',
'url': 'http://localhost:8000/posts/1/',
// ...
});

Configuration
-------------

Django Method Override can be customized from your Django `settings.py` file:

### `METHOD_OVERRIDE_ALLOWED_HTTP_METHODS`

A list of the allowed methods for overriding. Defaults to:

:::python
['GET', 'HEAD', 'PUT', 'POST', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS', 'PATCH']

### `METHOD_OVERRIDE_PARAM_KEY`

The form param key used to override the method. Defaults to `'_method'`.

### `METHOD_OVERRIDE_HTTP_HEADER`

The HTTP header to check. Defaults to `'HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE'`

### `METHOD_OVERRIDE_INPUT_TEMPLATE`

The string tempalte used to render the input for the form param. It will based to kwargs, `name` and `value`. Defaults to:

:::python
'<input type="hidden" name="{name}" value="{value}">'

Copyright
---------

Copyright (c) 2013 [LocalMed, Inc.](http://www.localmed.com/). See LICENSE for details.

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