How to post data structure like json to flask?

Question

I have a data structure like this:

I'm try to send it to server by $.ajax:

$.ajax({
    type: 'POST',
    data: post_obj, //this is my json data
    dataType: 'json',
    url: '',
    success: function(e){
       console.log(e);
    }
});

and I want get it in server by flask: title = request.form['title'] working fine!

But how do I get content ?

request.form.getlist('content') doesn't work.

This is the post data in firebug:

Thanks a lot :D

Answer 1

You are sending your data encoded as query string instead of JSON. Flask is capable of processing JSON encoded data, so it makes more sense to send it like that. Here's what you need to do on the client side:

$.ajax({
    type: 'POST',
    // Provide correct Content-Type, so that Flask will know how to process it.
    contentType: 'application/json',
    // Encode your data as JSON.
    data: JSON.stringify(post_obj),
    // This is the type of data you're expecting back from the server.
    dataType: 'json',
    url: '/some/url',
    success: function (e) {
        console.log(e);
    }
});

On the server side data is accessed via request.json (already decoded):

content = request.json['content']