On Jul 2, 7:55 pm, Andrew Fong <fongand...@gmail.com> wrote: > How exactly should I handle a HEAD request in Django? > > So ... assuming my view looks like this... > > def handle_request(request): > if request.method == 'POST': return do_post(request) > elif request.method == 'GET': return do_get(request) > elif request.method == 'HEAD': return do_head(request) > > ... what should the do_head method return? The W3 standard says "The > HEAD method is identical to GET except that the server MUST NOT return > a message-body in the response". > > How exactly do I not return a message body though? Do I just return > None? Do I return the response I would for a GET and then modify it > somehow? > > Thanks in advance! > > -- Andrew
You can just return a blank instance of HttpResponse. You can set headers on it if you want but you don't have to pass in any content. -- DR. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
