Understanding CRUD operations with Django views and the request methods
When the Django server receives an HTTP request, Django creates an HttpRequest
instance, specifically a django.http.HttpRequest
object. This instance contains metadata about the request, and this metadata includes an HTTP verb such as GET, POST, or PUT. The method
attribute provides a string representing the HTTP verb or method used in the request.
When Django loads the appropriate view that will process the request, it passes the HttpRequest
instance as the first argument to the view
function. The view
function has to return an HttpResponse
instance, specifically a django.http.HttpResponse
instance.
The toy_list
function lists all the toys or creates a new toy. The function receives an HttpRequest
instance in the request
argument. The function is capable of processing two HTTP verbs: GET
and POST
. The code checks the value of the request.method
attribute to determine the code to be executed based on the HTTP verb.
If the...