When tested http POST with chrome POSTMAN, it doesn't work in django

Question

I use Django 1.9.7 & Python 3.5

I implement creating user mechanism and tried to test with POSTMAN(chrome application), but it doesn't work and it shows something like belows:

Forbidden (CSRF cookie not set.): /timeline/user/create/

This is the code :

urls.py

from django.conf.urls import url
From. import views

app_name = 'timeline'
urlpatterns = [
    # ex) /
    url(r'^$', views.timeline_view, name='timeline_view'),

    # ex) /user/create
    url(r'^user/(?P<method>create)/$', views.user_view, name='user_view'),
]

views.py

from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login, logout
from django.shortcuts import render, HttpResponse

from timeline.models import *


def timeline_view(request):
    return HttpResponse('hello world')


def user_view(request, method):
    if method == 'create' and request.method == 'POST':
        print("hi")
        username = request.POST.get('username')
        username = request.POST.get('username')
        user = User.objects.create_user(username, password=password)
        user.first_name = request.POST.get('name','')
        user.save()
        profile = UserProfile()
        profile.user = user
        profile.save()
        return HttpResponse('create success')
    else:
        return HttpResponse('bad request', status=400)

POSTMAN :

I tried Django CSRF Cookie Not Set but I think this post is for past version.

Answer 1

for testing i used the @csrf_exempt decorator.

from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt

@csrf_exempt
def user_view(request, method):
    ...

now you should be able to call this function without the csrf cookie.

(last time i tried it, i was using django 1.8.7)

source: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/csrf/#edge-cases

Answer 2

You should put CSRFToken in request headers.
After sending request via postman, look at the response Cookies section, take csrftoken value and put in Headers section of request, like this:
key:X-CSRFToken
value: jSdh6c3VAHgLShLEyTjH2N957qCILqmb #your token value