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| author | Tom Christie | 2013-03-18 21:03:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Christie | 2013-03-18 21:03:05 +0000 |
| commit | 74fb366c595db87bb71baeffcacfb7d2482e3a18 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/docs/topics/browser-enhancements.md b/docs/topics/browser-enhancements.md index 6a11f0fa..ce07fe95 100644 --- a/docs/topics/browser-enhancements.md +++ b/docs/topics/browser-enhancements.md @@ -19,6 +19,21 @@ For example, given the following form: `request.method` would return `"DELETE"`. +## HTTP header based method overriding + +REST framework also supports method overriding via the semi-standard `X-HTTP-Method-Override` header. This can be useful if you are working with non-form content such as JSON and are working with an older web server and/or hosting provider that doesn't recognise particular HTTP methods such as `PATCH`. For example [Amazon Web Services ELB][aws_elb]. + +To use it, make a `POST` request, setting the `X-HTTP-Method-Override` header. + +For example, making a `PATCH` request via `POST` in jQuery: + + $.ajax({ + url: '/myresource/', + method: 'POST', + headers: {'X-HTTP-Method-Override': 'PATCH'}, + ... + }); + ## Browser based submission of non-form content Browser-based submission of content types other than form are supported by @@ -62,3 +77,4 @@ as well as how to support content types other than form-encoded data. [rails]: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/form_helpers.html#how-do-forms-with-put-or-delete-methods-work [html5]: http://www.w3.org/TR/html5-diff/#changes-2010-06-24 [put_delete]: http://amundsen.com/examples/put-delete-forms/ +[aws_elb]: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?messageID=400724 |