How to receive json data using HTTP POST request in Django?

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I want to post some JSON using HTTP POST request and receive this data in Django.
I tried to use request.POST['data'], request.raw_post_data, request.body but none are working for me.

My views.py is:

import json
from django.http import StreamingHttpResponse
def main_page(request):
    if request.method=='POST':
            received_json_data=json.loads(request.POST['data'])
            #received_json_data=json.loads(request.body)
            return StreamingHttpResponse('it was post request: '+str(received_json_data))
    return StreamingHttpResponse('it was GET request')

I am posting JSON data using requests module.

import requests  
import json
url = "http://localhost:8000"
data = {'data':[{'key1':'val1'}, {'key2':'val2'}]}
headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}
r=requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=headers)
r.text

r.text should print that message and posted data but I am not able to solve this simple problem. Please tell me how to collect posted data in Django?

Possible duplicate of Where's my JSON data in my incoming Django request? — e4c5
– e4c5, Commented May 16, 2017 at 10:21

Daniel Roseman · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-09 12:02:08Z

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You're confusing form-encoded and JSON data here. request.POST['foo'] is for form-encoded data. You are posting raw JSON, so you should use request.body.

received_json_data=json.loads(request.body)

answered Jun 9, 2014 at 12:02

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stelios Over a year ago

request.body contains bytestring, whereas python3 json.loads expects a str thus you should decode first: data = request.body.decode('utf-8') received_json_data = json.loads(data)

AnonymousUser Over a year ago

But it said he tried request.body, how come it works for him now? I used request.body and it didn't work.

Thran · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-29 14:51:32Z

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For python3 you have to decode body first:

received_json_data = json.loads(request.body.decode("utf-8"))

answered Jan 29, 2016 at 14:51

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Martijn Pieters Over a year ago

This is no longer the case, as of Python 3.6 JSON.loads() accepts bytes and auto detects the UTF variant used to encode.

Ryan · Accepted Answer · 2024-11-27 22:21:30Z

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HttpRequest is a file-like object so you can simplify from json.loads(request.body) slightly:

data = json.load(request)

answered Nov 27, 2024 at 22:21

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Kracekumar · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-05 20:24:50Z

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Create a form with data as field of type CharField or TextField and validate the passed data. Similar SO Question

answered Jun 5, 2014 at 20:24

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