Django returning JSON for AJAX requests

By Rayed

In your views.py you can have a page that return JSON data for AJAX request like this:

from django.http import JsonResponse

def ajax(request):
    data = {}
    data['something'] = 'useful'
    return JsonResponse(data)

This would work fine if you fill the data your self, but if you are getting the data from a model try the following:

from django.core import serializers
def tasks_json(request):
    tasks = Task.objects.all()
    data = serializers.serialize("json", tasks)
    return HttpResponse(data, content_type='application/json')

If you have non trivial application, I would recommend using Django Rest Framework or similar frameworks for better support for REST beyond simple JSON response.

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