No "Authorization" header, how to access authorization header? Django

Question

I need to check the Authorization HTTP Header of every incoming request.

First i have implemented Middleware. Now on website in devtools (when i post something) i see authorizational header with token.

class MyMiddleware:

    def __init__(self, get_response):
        self.get_response = get_response

    def __call__(self, request):
        user_id = request.POST.get('created_by', False)
        try:
            api_token = CustomUser.objects.get(user=user_id).api_token

        except MyUser.DoesNotExist:
            api_token = ''
        response = self.get_response(request)
        response['Authorization'] = "Bearer " + api_token

        return response



class MyApiView(mixins.ListModelMixin, viewsets.GenericViewSet):
    queryset = Event.objects.all()
    serializer_class = EventSerializer
    @action(methods=['POST'], detail=False)
    def post(self, request):
        print(request.META['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']) **#keyerror**
        print(request.META['Authorization']) **#keyerror**
        print(request.headers.items()) **#no authorization header**
        tutorial_serializer = MyApiSerializer(data=request.data)
        if tutorial_serializer.is_valid():
            tutorial_serializer.save()
            return Response(tut`enter code here`orial_serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
        return Response(tutorial_serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)

Are you certain that you are passing the `Authorization` header in your request? Which webserver (nginx/Apache) are you using? — Iain Shelvington, Oct 24 '21 at 11:53

Charnel · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-24T12:14:57.157

You're assigning header to wrong entity. Instead of adding header to response (what Django will return back to client), you need to add it to request headers:

from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin


class CustomHeaderMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):

    def process_request(self, request):
        user_id = request.POST.get('created_by', False)
        try:
            api_token = CustomUser.objects.get(user=user_id).api_token
        except CustomUser.DoesNotExist:
            api_token = ''
        request.META['HTTP_Authorization'] = "Bearer " + api_token
        response = self.get_response(request)
        return response

No "Authorization" header, how to access authorization header? Django

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