http method post is not supported by this url

Question

Problem:

I am new in django I was trying some code to get and post some data. I wrote a code:

from rest_framework.views import APIView
from rest_framework.response import Response
from rest_framework import status
from rest_framework import viewsets


from profiles_api import serializers


class HelloApiView(APIView):
    """Test API View"""
    serializer_class = serializers.HelloSerializer
    def post(self, request):
        """Create a hello message with our name"""
        serializer = self.serializer_class(data=request.data)

        if serializer.is_valid():
            name = serializer.validated_data.get('name')
            message = f'Hello {name}!'
            return Response({'message': message})
        else:
            return Response(
                serializer.errors,

But every time I run my server It shows an error message:

message HTTP method POST is not supported by this URL
description The specified HTTP method is not allowed for the requested resource (HTTP method POST is not supported by this URL)

 

Can anyone help?

Answer 1

For your api you need to call a get method then post or else It would show this error message. So write your code like:

from rest_framework.views import APIView
from rest_framework.response import Response
from rest_framework import status
from rest_framework import viewsets


from profiles_api import serializers


class HelloApiView(APIView):
    """Test API View"""
    serializer_class = serializers.HelloSerializer

    def get(self, request, format=None):
        """Returns a list of APIView features"""
        an_apiview = [
            'Uses HTTP methods as function (get, post, patch, put, delete) ',
            'Is similar to a tarditional Django View',
            'Gives you the most control over your application logic',
            'Is mapped manually to URLs',
        ]

        return Response({'message': 'Hello!', 'an_apiview': an_apiview })

    def post(self, request):
        """Create a hello message with our name"""
        serializer = self.serializer_class(data=request.data)

        if serializer.is_valid():
            name = serializer.validated_data.get('name')
            message = f'Hello {name}!'
            return Response({'message': message})
        else:
            return Response(
                serializer.errors,
                status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
            )

Happy coding