16.9. HTTP CORS

16.9.1. OPTIONS and CORS

http_method_names = ['get', 'post', 'options']

def options(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
    response = HttpResponse(status=200)
    response['Access-Control-Allow-Origin'] = '*'
    response['Access-Control-Allow-Methods'] = ', '.join(http_method_names).upper()
    response['Access-Control-Allow-Headers'] = 'Content-Type'
    return response

16.9.2. Use Case - 1

import datetime
import json
from http import HTTPStatus

from django.db import IntegrityError
from django.http import HttpResponse, JsonResponse
from django.views.generic import View


class APIv3(View):
    http_method_names = ['get', 'post', 'options']

    def options(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        response = HttpResponse(status=200)
        response['Access-Control-Allow-Origin'] = '*'
        response['Access-Control-Allow-Methods'] = ', '.join(self.http_method_names).upper()
        response['Access-Control-Allow-Headers'] = 'Content-Type'
        return response

    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        response = JsonResponse(data={})
        response['Access-Control-Allow-Origin'] = '*'
        response['Cache-Control'] = 'no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate'
        try:
            start_datetime = datetime.datetime.strptime(request.GET['start_datetime'], '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ').replace(tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)
            result = Result.objects.filter(start_datetime=start_datetime)[0]
            return JsonResponse(status=200, data=result.get_data())
        except (Result.DoesNotExist, IndexError):
            response['status'] = 404
            response['data'] = {'code': 404, 'status': 'Not Found', 'message': 'Result Does Not Exists'}
        return response

    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        response = JsonResponse(data={})
        response['Access-Control-Allow-Origin'] = '*'
        response['Cache-Control'] = 'no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate'
        try:
            data = json.loads(str(request.body, encoding='utf-8'), object_hook=json_datetime_decoder)
            response['status'] = HTTPStatus.CREATED
            response['data'] = {'message': 'Result added to the database.'}
            return response
        except IntegrityError:
            response['status'] = HTTPStatus.OK
            response['data'] = {'message': 'Response already uploaded'}
            return response
        except Exception as message:
            response['status'] = HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST
            response['data'] = {'message': 'Bad Request'}
            return response