Excerpts from taso's message of Fri Jan 28 17:05:21 -0200 2011: > Hi, Hi,
> I am using django strictly as a backend for data processing. As such I > am not using any forms or templates, just database tables as models. > The page is js driven and POSTing data is causing me some issues. > > A user action triggers a POST that looks like: > > action "update" > data { "field1": 8,"id": 2 } > (copied from firebug) So, it's a POST with an "action" fiend and a "data" field that looks like a JSON value, right? > When I try to parse the POST data I get errors on every type of method > I have tried. What I eventually would like to do is something like: > > if request.POST.__getitem__('xaction') == 'update': > mydata = request.POST.__getitem__('data') > model_to_update = modelname.get(id=mydata['id'] > for k,v in mydata: > setattr(model_to_update, k, v) > model_to_update.save() > > However every time I try to parse the "data" POST values I get errors. > I wonder if I am missing some assumptions by not importing/using > forms, or if there is a standard method to iterate through the POST > data that I am missing. I have literally tried every \*get\* dict > method from the docs and all throw errors (.list() throws numeric > indicies errors, iteritems() throws not iterable, etc.) > > Any thoughts? Did you tried un-encoding the JSON, like this: from django.utils.simplejson import simplejson data = simplejson.loads(request.POST['data']) id = data['id'] ... > Thanks > Taso Regards, Matías -- Matías Aguirre <matiasagui...@gmail.com> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.