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diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt index 954aee7c3d..cc9aa852f1 100644 --- a/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt +++ b/docs/ref/class-based-views/base.txt @@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ View delegated to :meth:`~View.get()`, a ``POST`` to :meth:`~View.post()`, and so on. + By default, a ``HEAD`` request will be delegated to :meth:`~View.get()`. + If you need to handle ``HEAD`` requests in a different way than ``GET``, + you can override the :meth:`~View.head()` method. See + :ref:`supporting-other-http-methods` for an example. + The default implementation also sets ``request``, ``args`` and ``kwargs`` as instance variables, so any method on the view can know the full details of the request that was made to invoke the view. |