Ajax Post in Django framework?

Question

I put together a simple test of an ajax/jquery post within a django framework, but don\'t really understand why the output doesn\'t make it to a template page. Anyone?

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Answer 1

I can see the contents of the post in firebug's 'response' tab, but whether I try to return a template or a simple message, nothing happens in the browser itself. Conversely, a non-ajax post works as expected (loads new page, posts message)

If you're getting a response, you're getting a response. You're just not doing anything with it.

Why not alert the data and append it to the for example:

$.ajax({
     type:"POST",
     url:"/test_results/",
     data: {
            'arbitrary-data': 'this is arbitrary data',
            'some-form-field': $("myform input:first").val(), // from form
            'background-color': $("body").css("background-color")
            // all of this data is submitted via POST to your view.
            // in django, request.POST['background-color'] 
     },
     success: function(data){
         alert(data);
         $("body").append(data);
     }
});