How can I get XML data in Python/Django passed in POST request?

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There is XML data passed in POST request as a simple string and not inside some name=value pair, with HTTP header (optionally) set to 'Content-Type: text/xml'.

How can I get this data in Python (by its own ways or by tools of Django)?

Daniel Roseman · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-05 13:21:12Z

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I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Do you just want to know how to access the POST data? You can get that via request.body, which will contain your XML as a string. You can then use your favourite Python XML parser on it.

answered Jun 5, 2014 at 13:21

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Mikhail Batcer Over a year ago

Yes, accessing POST data is what I'm trying to do.

Mikhail Batcer Over a year ago

It works as expected, thank you :) Does it work in Django only?

Daniel Roseman Over a year ago

I don't know where else you would use it. The HttpRequest class is defined in Django, yes.

Mikhail Batcer Over a year ago

There is request.body also in Flask. Perhaps, some kind of a standard.

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