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What is the use of request.POST.copy()?

if request.method == 'POST':
    data = request.POST.copy() # so we can manipulate data
    try:
        name=request.POST['useremail'].split('@')[0]
        data['username']=getUniqueValue(User,slugify(name),field_name='useremail')
    except:
        data['username'] = ''.join([choice(letters) for i in xrange(20)])

where What is the use of request.POST.copy() ?

Solution

  • Its use is found in the Django documentation: Request and response objects.

    Returns a copy of the object, using copy.deepcopy() from the Python standard library. This copy will be mutable even if the original was not.