Rendering JSON objects using a Django template after an Ajax call

Question

I\'ve been trying to understand what\'s the optimal way to do Ajax in Django. By reading stuff here and there I gathered that the common process is:

1. formul

Answer 1

Here is how I use the same template for traditional rendering and Ajax-response rendering.

Template:

<div  id="sortable">

{% include "admin/app/model/subtemplate.html" %}
</div>

Included template (aka: subtemplate):

<div id="results_listing">
{% if results %}
    {% for c in results %}
        .....
    {% endfor %}
{% else %}

The Ajax-view:

@login_required
@render_to('admin/app/model/subtemplate.html')#annoying-decorator
def ajax_view(request):
    .....

    return { 
        "results":Model.objects.all(),
    }      

Of course you can use render_to_response. But I like those annoying decorators :D

Answer 2

You can use jquery.load() or similar, generating the HTML on the server and loading it into the DOM with JavaScript. I think someone has called this AJAH.