Understanding CRUD operations with Django views and the request methods
When the Django server receives an HTTP request, Django creates an HttpRequest instance, specifically a django.http.HttpRequest object. This instance contains metadata about the request, and this metadata includes an HTTP verb such as GET, POST, or PUT. The method attribute provides a string representing the HTTP verb or method used in the request.
When Django loads the appropriate view that will process the request, it passes the HttpRequest instance as the first argument to the view function. The view function has to return an HttpResponse instance, specifically a django.http.HttpResponse instance.
The toy_list function lists all the toys or creates a new toy. The function receives an HttpRequest instance in the request argument. The function is capable of processing two HTTP verbs: GET and POST. The code checks the value of the request.method attribute to determine the code to be executed based on the HTTP verb.
If the...