How to send json serialize data from a form to ajax using django

Question

Currently, I\'m sending the data via code in this way and it\'s working but how can I send the entire form in json?

Code :

 $.ajax({
         url : w         


        

Answer 1

You could grab the form data usingserializeArray function in jQuery, then convert it into dictionary and send as post data.

The serializeArray function output would be something like,

{ 
    'name': 'the_name',
    'value': 'the_value'
}

Then, you would have to convert it to the dictionary or json format. Write a global function for that,

function objectifyForm(formArray) {
    var returnArray = {};
    for (var i=0;i

Call it whenever you have to grab the form data,

var formData = $('#my_form').serializeArray();
formData = objectifyForm(formData);
$.ajax({ 
        url : window.location.href, // the endpoint,commonly same url 
        type : "POST", // http method
        data : formData, 
        success: blaah,
        error: bleeh,
    });

It would be much less effort than having to decode the dictionary every time from the server side.