django QueryDict only returns the last value of a list

Question

Using django 1.8, I\'m observing something strange. Here is my javascript:

function form_submit(){
  var form = $(\'#form1_id\');
  request = $.post($(this).attr         


        

Answer 1

The function below converts a QueryDict object to a python dictionary. It's a slight modification of Django's QueryDict.dict() method. But unlike that method, it keeps lists that have two or more items as lists.

def querydict_to_dict(query_dict):
    data = {}
    for key in query_dict.keys():
        v = query_dict.getlist(key)
        if len(v) == 1:
            v = v[0]
        data[key] = v
    return data

Usage:

data = querydict_to_dict(request.POST)

# Or

data = querydict_to_dict(request.GET)