XMLHttpRequest is not sending POST data to Django server

Question

Javascript to send data via XMLHttpRequest

csrftoken = getCookie('csrftoken'); 
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('POST', '/register');
request.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", csrftoken); 
request.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain;charset=UTF-8"); 
request.send("data");

Django view:

def register_user(request):
    if request.method == "POST":

        print("django server")
        print(request.POST)

Sever is printing:

django server
<QueryDict: {}>

I have also triend application/json as content type with json data, but that is also not working. The data does not seem to be being passed to the server. Not sure why.

Answer 1

The request actually was being sent. This is how to access data:

def register_user(request):
    if request.method == "POST":
        print(request.body) # this would print "data"

In order for print(request.POST) to work the Content-Type must be 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'

Answer 2

Try this it works for me

from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
from django.http import HttpResponse

@csrf_exempt
def register_user(request):
    if request.is_ajax():
        status = "1"
    else:
        status = "0"
    return HttpResponse(status)