I'm trying to convert a server side Ajax response script into a Django HttpResponse, but apparently it's not working.
This is the server-side script:
/* RECEIVE VALUE */
$validateValue=$_POST['validateValue'];
$validateId=$_POST['validateId'];
$validateError=$_POST['validateError'];
/* RETURN VALUE */
$arrayToJs = array();
$arrayToJs[0] = $validateId;
$arrayToJs[1] = $validateError;
if($validateValue =="Testuser"){ // Validate??
$arrayToJs[2] = "true"; // RETURN TRUE
echo '{"jsonValidateReturn":'.json_encode($arrayToJs).'}'; // RETURN ARRAY WITH success
}
else{
for($x=0;$x<1000000;$x++){
if($x == 990000){
$arrayToJs[2] = "false";
echo '{"jsonValidateReturn":'.json_encode($arrayToJs).'}'; // RETURNS ARRAY WITH ERROR.
}
}
}
And this is the converted code
def validate_user(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
vld_value = request.POST.get('validateValue')
vld_id = request.POST.get('validateId')
vld_error = request.POST.get('validateError')
array_to_js = [vld_id, vld_error, False]
if vld_value == "TestUser":
array_to_js[2] = True
x = simplejson.dumps(array_to_js)
return HttpResponse(x)
else:
array_to_js[2] = False
x = simplejson.dumps(array_to_js)
error = 'Error'
return render_to_response('index.html',{'error':error},context_instance=RequestContext(request))
return render_to_response('index.html',context_instance=RequestContext(request))
I'm using simplejson to encode the Python list (so it will return a JSON array). I couldn't figure out the problem yet. But I think that I did something wrong about the 'echo'.
Since Django 1.7 you have a standard JsonResponse that's exactly what you need:
You don't even need to json.dump your array.
In View use this:
for getting validation messages without html
First import this:
If you have the JSON already:
If you get the JSON from another HTTP request:
Its very convenient with Django version 1.7 or higher as you have the JsonResponse class, which is a subclass of HttpResponse.
For older versions of Django, you must use an HttpResponse object.
Django code
views.py
:HTML code
view.html
:This is my preferred version using a class based view. Simply subclass the basic View and override the get()-method.