diff --git a/common/djangoapps/util/views.py b/common/djangoapps/util/views.py
index 8b9dd5a9c1..0ccdd03301 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/util/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/util/views.py
@@ -95,4 +95,27 @@ def accepts(request, media_type):
def debug_request(request):
"""Return a pretty printed version of the request"""
- return HttpResponse("{0}".format(pprint.pformat(request)))
+
+ return HttpResponse("""
+request:
+{0}
+
+request.GET
:
+
+{1}
+
+request.POST
:
+{2}
+
+request.REQUEST
:
+{3}
+
+
+
+
+""".format(
+ pprint.pformat(request),
+ pprint.pformat(dict(request.GET)),
+ pprint.pformat(dict(request.POST)),
+ pprint.pformat(dict(request.REQUEST)),
+ ))