How to read headers from request

Question

I have an API, those who would access this API would have to pass an authorization token, so my question is how can I get that auth token from headers?

class RealTimeAPI(APIView):
    def post(request):
        pass

Marking as duplicate... [Check this solution](https://stackoverflow.com/a/19072991/10856970) — Shivendra Pratap Kushwaha, Aug 02 '21 at 12:08
Does this answer your question? [Python requests library how to pass Authorization header with single token](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19069701/python-requests-library-how-to-pass-authorization-header-with-single-token) — Shivendra Pratap Kushwaha, Aug 02 '21 at 12:09
@MattDMo I have written a heavy api, but can post all here, just need some technical clarification, hence posted a dummy api. — Chidananda Nayak, Aug 02 '21 at 12:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 02 '21 at 12:23

You can use some middleware which will check the headers.use this reference I have implemented these code in Flask, hope it will help for django also.

In check_headers.py (i.e., middleware of the api)

   from flask import Response, request
   def check_header(funcn):
        @wraps(funcn)
        def _inner(*args, **kwargs):
             print(request.headers)
             # your code for checking the api token in the header
             return funcn(*args,**kwargs)

        return _inner

In app.py

from check_headers  import check_header
...    
@app.route('/dashboard', methods=['POST'])
@check_header
def get_course_recommendation():
    return "dashboard.html"

How to read headers from request

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