python - How to disable Django's CSRF validation?

Question

I have commented out csrf processor and middleware lines in settings.py:

122 
123 TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
124     'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
125 #    'django.core.context_processors.csrf',
126     'django.core.context_processors.request',
127     'django.core.context_processors.static',
128     'cyathea.processors.static',
129 )
130 
131 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
132     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
133     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
134 #    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
135     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
136     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
137     'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
138     # Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection:
139     # 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
140 )

But when I use Ajax to send a request, Django still respond 'csrf token is incorrect or missing', and after adding X-CSRFToken to headers, the request would succeed.

What is going on here ?

Answer 1

If you just need some views not to use CSRF, you can use @csrf_exempt:

from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt

@csrf_exempt
def my_view(request):
    return HttpResponse('Hello world')

You can find more examples and other scenarios in the Django documentation:

• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/csrf/#edge-cases