Why does my Django request.method is 'GET' not 'POST'?

Question

I met this strange problem when doing a pre-populated form. In my template, the form method is clearly stated as POST :

<form class="form-horizontal" role="form" action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">{% csrf_token %}

But in my view function, the request.method turns out to be GET .

Below is my view function:

def editProfile(request,template_name):
    theprofile = request.user.profile

    print theprofile.fullname

    notificationMSG = ''
    print request.method

    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = UserProfileForm(request.POST,request.FILES, instance=theprofile)
        if form.is_valid():
            form.save()
            notificationMSG = "success！"

    else:
        form = UserProfileForm()
        print "error"

    dic = {'form':form,
           'notificationMSG':notificationMSG}

    return render_to_response(template_name, dic, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

When I run it, it prints out GET . Anyone met this odd before?

Answer 1

就我而言，我在发布时在 HTML 模板中的操作结束时遗漏了一个“/”。

Answer 2

When you are loading the form and retrieving remote data by hitting a url, the request method is GET. When you fill the form values and submit the form(with post method) ie insert/update remote data, the request method is POST.

So, in your code when you print request.method , the output is GET when you are loading the form. This has nothing to do with your pre-populated form.

Answer 3

每次我使用action=""提交表单时，我都会收到 GET 响应，但是一旦我填写了实际的 URL action="/client/"它就会作为 POST 完成。

Answer 4

Here are the steps I needed so far to solve this kind of error:

1. Add method="post" to your <form> element
2. Add a missing "/" at the end of the url at the action property on your <form> element
3. Add a type="submit" to your <button> element

Ps. Don't forget to add {% csrf_token %} after your <form> .

Answer 5

I am also facing this problem but, In my case, in input type, I have written type =" button" when I change it to type="submit" it get resolved.

Sorry, I get misunderstood when again I face the same problem then I got actual solution.