Django: Reading Array of JSON objects from QueryDict

Question

How do I pass a composite JSON structure via AJAX call from JS and on the server side, read it as a \"very similar\" data structure in python?

I understand that json for

Answer 1

You should stringify your JSON using JSON.stringify(). This will convert the JSON Object into string format so it can be parsed correctly on the other end. On the other end you will need to use json.loads() to "unstringify" the object.

javascript:

var test = [{"id": 1},{"id": 2},{"id": 3}];
$.post(
    "/insert_tc",
    {
      json_data: JSON.stringify(test),
      "type": 'clone',
      "csrfmiddlewaretoken": $csrf_token
    },  
    function(json) {
        //CALLBACK
    },
    "json"
);  

View:

import json
def insert_tc(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':       
        ret = request.POST
        type = ret['type']
        list = json.loads(ret['json_data'])