Restricting HTTP Methods in DRF APIVIEW: How to Allow Only POST

This is because the DRF 'APIView' class provides default implementations for the 'get', 'post', 'put', 'patch', and 'delete' HTTP methods. By default, all of these methods are allowed without any authentication or permission checks.

In order to restrict access to a specific HTTP method, such as 'POST', you need to explicitly define the required authentication and/or permission checks using the 'permission_classes' attribute.

For example, if you want to require a user to be authenticated in order to access the 'POST' method, you can add the following to your 'APIView' class:

class MyView(APIView):
    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]

    def post(self, request):
        # handle POST request here
        pass

    def get(self, request):
        # handle GET request here
        pass

This will ensure that only authenticated users can access the 'POST' method, while the 'GET' method will still be available to anyone.