How to pass a boolean from javascript to python?

Question

The following seems to pass a string instead of a boolean value. How would I pass a boolean?

$.post('/ajax/warning_message/', {'active': false}, function() {
            return
       });

def warning_message(request):
    active  = request.POST.get('active')
    print active
    return HttpResponse()

Answer 1

In your Python code do this:

active = True if request.POST.get('active') == 'true' else False

Or even simpler:

active = request.POST.get('active') == 'true'

Be aware that the get() function will always return a string, so you need to convert it according to the actual type that you need.

Answer 2

Assuming that you could send boolean value to the server as true/false or 1/0, on the server-side you can check both cases with in:

def warning_message(request):
    active = request.POST.get('active') in ['true', '1']
    print active
    return HttpResponse()

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Otherwise, if you are sure that your boolean will be only true/false use:

def warning_message(request):
    active = request.POST.get('active') == 'true'
    print active
    return HttpResponse()