middleware.py

_SUPPORTED_TRANSFORMS = set(['PUT', 'DELETE', 'PATCH'])
_MIDDLEWARE_KEY = 'real_method'
 
class HttpMethodsMiddleware(object):
    def process_request(self, request):
        if request.GET and request.GET.has_key(_MIDDLEWARE_KEY):
            new_method = request.GET[_MIDDLEWARE_KEY].upper()
            if new_method in _SUPPORTED_TRANSFORMS:
                request.method = new_method
        return None