Ajax POST not sending data when calling 'request.POST' in Django view

Question

I am attempting to get an Ajax POST to to send data to my view so I can manipulate my data there, when I click on a div with class up-arrow

Answer 1

When posting JSON data with application/json you need to use request.body instead of request.POST.

Like so:

class VoteUpPost(View):
    def post(self, request):
        print(request.body)
        data = json.loads(request.body)
        return JsonResponse({'status': True})

Also as Jacques mentioned, make sure to update your js to pass a JSON string.

Change:

data: {'dane': 123456789101112},

To:

data: JSON.stringify({'dane': 123456789101112}),

Answer 2

Django request can only parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded and multipart/form-data to request.POST. For other content types you have to use request.body property. for assertion of content type you can get the content type from request.META.get('CONTENT_TYPE')

def sample_view(request):
    if request.META.get('CONTENT-TYPE') == 'application/json':
        data = json.loads(request.body)
        return JsonResponse({'any-message':'Hello'})