Attribute Error : 'Request' object has no attribute 'headers'- Django

Question

I am using the django 1.11 version and django rest framework for the rest api I am passing the token value in the HTTP header in React Native using fetch

But when I am trying to retrieve the token value in django views file it is giving me error

In react Native I am passing the token value as below

fetch(url,{
  method: 'get',
  headers : new Headers({
    'token':'token',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'

  })
})

I django rest APi I am trying to fetch the token value as below

 def get(self,request,**kwargs):
        token = request.headers['token']
        queryset=models.Schedule.objects.filter()
        serializer_class= RepScheduleSerializer(queryset,many=True)
        return Response(serializer_class.data)

But it is giving me error Request object has no attribute headers

I want to fetch the token value in the function

willeM_ Van Onsem · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-07 09:35:16Z

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The headers of a request are stored in the request.META dictionary [Django-doc]. You thus should alter the code to:

def get(self,request,**kwargs):
        token = request.META['HTTP_TOKEN']
        queryset = models.Schedule.objects.all()
        serializer_class = RepScheduleSerializer(queryset,many=True)
        return Response(serializer_class.data)

Right now however, you do not do anything with this token. You thus might need to alter the logic.

Note that the keys are pre-processed:

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.

Since django-2.2, there is the request.headers dictionary-like object [Django-doc], that allows case-insensitive lookups. Based on the error message, you however do not use django-2.2.

edited Aug 7, 2019 at 9:35

answered Aug 7, 2019 at 9:09

willeM_ Van Onsem

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5 Comments

Nidhi Over a year ago

This didnt worked Its giving me error key error u'token' when I print the request.META value there is no token key

willeM_ Van Onsem Over a year ago

@Nidhi: are you sure the request is triggered by the ract-native request, and not by another request?

willeM_ Van Onsem Over a year ago

@Nidhi: hold on, the tokens are written in uppercase at the server side.

willeM_ Van Onsem Over a year ago

@Nidhi: you probably should look for HTTP_TOKEN.

Nidhi Over a year ago

Yup I got the value its was on HTTP_TOKEN Thanks for the help

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