Can I use JSON data to add new objects in Django?

Question

I have a set of known JSON data, extracted from an Excel file that I want to add to my Django application. The format looks like this:

[{\" Record\": 12345,
         


        

Answer 1

OK this works, but I have had to make a few changes to your model so maybe I don't understand what you are wanting to do.

Model with a name field that I also added to json so there was some data to put in and all fields can be left blank to accommodate incomplete data.

class Member(models.Model):

    name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    record = models.CharField(max_length=200, blank=True, null=True)
    pub_date = models.DateTimeField('date', blank=True, null=True)


class Data(models.Model):

    member = models.ForeignKey(Member)
    dob = models.CharField(max_length=200, blank=True, null=True)
    event = models.CharField(max_length=200, blank=True, null=True)
    description = models.CharField(max_length=200, blank=True, null=True)
    gender = models.CharField(max_length=200, blank=True, null=True)

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):

        member, _ = Member.objects.get_or_create(name = self.name)
        # can update member here with other fields that relate to them
        self.member = member
        super(Data, self).save(*args, **kwargs)

Code below puts all the json values into an instance of Data then in the save method of Data, a new Member instance is created. Unused values are simply discarded.

    json = [{" Record": 12345,
"Name": "Joe",
"Event":" Initial task completed",
"TeamID": 12345,
"IndiviualID":"",
"Description":" Just a description",
"Date": "1/3/13 9:00"},{" Record": 5555,
"Name": "Jane",
"Event":" A different task completed",
"TeamID": 9999,
"IndiviualID":"",
"Description":" Just another description",
"Date": "1/13/13 6:00"}]

    for item in json:

        d = Data()

        for k,v in item.iteritems():
            setattr(d, k.lower(), v)

        d.save()

Results in:

Member

1   Joe     
2   Jane        

Data

1   1        Initial task completed  Just a description 
2   2        A different task completed  Just another description