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PODjango's Querydict bizarre behavior: bunches POST dictionary into a single key
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copied!<p>I'm experiencing a really bizarre behavior when using the test client in django.</p> <p>I'm using a <code>POST</code> to send data to my django app. I usually do this from an iPhone app and/or a test html form. On the server side, this is how I handle it:</p> <pre><code>def handle_query(request): print request q = con.QueryLog() q.ID = request.POST.get('ID', '') q.device = request.POST.get('device-model', '') .... </code></pre> <p>That print statement looks like what you would expect, i.e. each parameter in the post request is turned into a key in the dictionary:</p> <p>POST: QueryDict: {u'app-version': [u'3.0'], u'server-version': [u'v3d0'],</p> <p>However, I started writing some tests using Django's test client, and no matter what I try, the dictionary of POST parameters I send in the post request get bunched into a single key in the <code>QueryDict</code>. Allow me to illustrate with some code:</p> <p>class SearchTest(TestCase): def setUp(self): pass</p> <pre><code>def test_search(self): request = HttpRequest() data = '{"amzn_locale": "com"}' # request._raw_post_data = data resp = self.client.post( '/is/', data=data, content_type='application/x-www-form-urlencoded', # content_type='application/json', ) </code></pre> <p>The same print statement on the server side shows the inexplicable grouping of the dictionary into a string:</p> <pre><code>POST: QueryDict: {u'{"amzn_locale":"com"}': [u'']}>, </code></pre> <p>If I set data to an actual dictionary, same thing</p> <pre><code>data = {"amzn_locale": "com"} </code></pre> <p>Setting the request._raw_post_data doesn't change anything. Nor does changing</p> <pre><code>content_type='application/json' </code></pre> <p>Any help would be much appreciated. From this stackoverflow question it seems like I'm not the first one to run into this <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2579235/iphone-json-post-request-to-django-server-creates-querydict-within-querydict">iphone Json POST request to Django server creates QueryDict within QueryDict</a></p>

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