fix: handle HEAD requests like GET in generic_views

janheini · acdha · commit c96b4e121ab3 · 2025-08-19T15:37:08.000-04:00
HEAD requests caused an exception before. Handle them like GET requests. Fixes #1956
diff --git a/haystack/generic_views.py b/haystack/generic_views.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def get_form_kwargs(self):
         Returns the keyword arguments for instantiating the form.
         """
         kwargs = {"initial": self.get_initial()}
-        if self.request.method == "GET":
+        if self.request.method in ["HEAD", "GET"]:
             kwargs.update({"data": self.request.GET})
         kwargs.update(
             {"searchqueryset": self.get_queryset(), "load_all": self.load_all}
diff --git a/test_haystack/test_generic_views.py b/test_haystack/test_generic_views.py
@@ -71,3 +71,11 @@ def get_request(self, url, method="get", data=None, **kwargs):
 
         request = factory_func(url, data=data or {}, **kwargs)
         return request
+
+
+class GenericSearchViewsHEADTestCase(GenericSearchViewsTestCase):
+    """Test case for the generic search views using the HEAD request method."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        self.request.method = "HEAD"
