Python REST API access custom header values

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i am using django rest-framework for posting or getting a data from the client application. The client application is sending a custom header along with the request. How can i access that custom header value in rest api.

Custome-Header-Key: ASDQWERYHH #This is the custom header set from the client.

Please help

Thanks

Jim Jeffries · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-01 11:45:34Z

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You can use the request.META dictionary.

With the exception of CONTENT_LENGTH and CONTENT_TYPE, as given above, any HTTP headers in the request are converted to META keys by converting all characters to uppercase, replacing any hyphens with underscores and adding an HTTP_ prefix to the name. So, for example, a header called X-Bender would be mapped to the META key HTTP_X_BENDER.

So to get the header value in your example you could do:

request.META['HTTP_CUSTOM_HEADER_KEY']

answered Apr 1, 2015 at 11:45

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