how to render only part of html with data using django

Question

I am using ajax to sort the data which came from search results.

Now I am wondering whether it is possible to render just some part of html so that i can load this way:

Answer 1

From what I understand you want to treat the same view in a different way if you receive an ajax request. I would suggest splitting your result-page.html into two templates, one that contains only the div that you want, and one that contains everything else and includes the other template (see django's include tag).

In your view then you can do something like the following:

def sort(request):
    sortid = request.GET.get('sortid')
    ratings = Bewertung.objects.order_by(sortid)
    locations = Location.objects.filter(locations_bewertung__in=ratings)
    if request.is_ajax():
        template = 'partial-results.html'
    else:
        template = 'result-page.html'
    return render_to_response(template,   {'locs':locations},context_instance=RequestContext(request))

results-page.html:

   
 blah blah
   

       {% include "partial-results.html" %}
   
   
 some more stuff 

partial-results.html:

{% for location in locs %}
    {{ location }}
{% endfor %}