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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/narr/sessions.rst | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/narr/viewconfig.rst | 9 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docs/narr/sessions.rst b/docs/narr/sessions.rst index ad086268b..0e895ff81 100644 --- a/docs/narr/sessions.rst +++ b/docs/narr/sessions.rst @@ -411,15 +411,16 @@ Checking CSRF Tokens Automatically .. versionadded:: 1.7 -:app:`Pyramid` supports automatically checking CSRF tokens on POST requests. -Any other request may be checked manually. This feature can be turned on -globally for an application using the ``pyramid.require_default_csrf`` setting. +:app:`Pyramid` supports automatically checking CSRF tokens on requests with an +unsafe method as defined by RFC2616. Any other request may be checked manually. +This feature can be turned on globally for an application using the +``pyramid.require_default_csrf`` setting. If the ``pyramid.required_default_csrf`` setting is a :term:`truthy string` or ``True`` then the default CSRF token parameter will be ``csrf_token``. If a different token is desired, it may be passed as the value. Finally, a :term:`falsey string` or ``False`` will turn off automatic CSRF checking -globally on every POST request. +globally on every request. No matter what, CSRF checking may be explicitly enabled or disabled on a per-view basis using the ``require_csrf`` view option. This option is of the diff --git a/docs/narr/viewconfig.rst b/docs/narr/viewconfig.rst index 40db5fbeb..3b8f0353a 100644 --- a/docs/narr/viewconfig.rst +++ b/docs/narr/viewconfig.rst @@ -195,10 +195,11 @@ Non-Predicate Arguments ``require_csrf`` - CSRF checks only affect POST requests. Any other request methods will pass - untouched. This option is used in combination with the - ``pyramid.require_default_csrf`` setting to control which request parameters - are checked for CSRF tokens. + CSRF checks will affect any request method that is not defined as a "safe" + method by RFC2616. In pratice this means that GET, HEAD, OPTIONS, and TRACE + methods will pass untouched and all others methods will require CSRF. This + option is used in combination with the ``pyramid.require_default_csrf`` + setting to control which request parameters are checked for CSRF tokens. This feature requires a configured :term:`session factory`. |