fix protected tests

alyx/data/tests_rest.py

@@ -774,22 +774,25 @@ def test_check_protected(self):
                 'name': 'drb1',  # this is the repository name
                 }
 
-        d = self.client.post(reverse('register-file'), data)
+        d = self.ar(self.client.post(reverse('register-file'), data), 201)
 
         # Check the same dataset to see if it is protected, should be unprotected
         # and get a status 200 respons
         _ = data.pop('name')
-        r = self.client.post(reverse('check-protected'), data)
-        self.assertEqual(r['status'], 200)
+
+        r = self.ar(self.client.get(reverse('check-protected'), data=data,
+                                    content_type='application/json'), 200)
+        self.assertEqual(r['status_code'], 200)
 
         # add protected tag to the first dataset
         dataset1 = Dataset.objects.get(pk=d[0]['id'])
         tag1 = Tag.objects.get(name='tag1')
         dataset1.tags.add(tag1)
 
         # Check the same dataset to see if it is protected
-        r = self.client.post(reverse('check-protected'), data)
-        self.assertEqual(r['status'], 403)
+        r = self.ar(self.client.get(reverse('check-protected'), data=data,
+                                    content_type='application/json'), 200)
+        self.assertEqual(r['status_code'], 403)
         self.assertEqual(r['error'], 'One or more datasets is protected')
 
     def test_revisions(self):

alyx/data/views.py

@@ -353,13 +353,15 @@ def list(self, request):
         -   Status 200 is none of the datasets are protected
         """
 
-        user = request.data.get('created_by', None)
+        req = request.GET.dict() if len(request.data) == 0 else request.data
+
+        user = req.get('created_by', None)
         if user:
             user = get_user_model().objects.get(username=user)
         else:
             user = request.user
 
-        rel_dir_path = request.data.get('path', '')
+        rel_dir_path = req.get('path', '')
         if not rel_dir_path:
             raise ValueError("The path argument is required.")
 
@@ -368,7 +370,7 @@ def list(self, request):
         rel_dir_path = rel_dir_path.replace('//', '/')
         subject, date, session_number = _parse_path(rel_dir_path)
 
-        filenames = request.data.get('filenames', ())
+        filenames = req.get('filenames', ())
         if isinstance(filenames, str):
             filenames = filenames.split(',')