How to get an array in Django posted via Ajax

Question

When I try to send an array to Django via Ajax (jQuery)

JavaScript code:

new_data = ['a','b','c','d','e']; $.get('/pythonPage/', {'data': new_data},function(data){}); 

and I try to read the array:

Python:

request.GET.get("data[]") 

I get only the last array value:

'e' 

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You're looking for the QueryDict's getlist

request.GET.getlist('data') request.GET.getlist('data[]') request.GET.getlist('etc') 

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/request-response/#django.http.QueryDict.getlist

Answer 2

Quite old question but let me show you full working code for this. (Good for newbie :)

In your template

data = {     'pk' : [1,3,5,10] }  $.post("{% url 'yourUrlName' %}", data,      function(response){         if (response.status == 'ok') {             // It's all good             console.log(response)         } else {             // Do something with errors         }     }) 

urls.py

urlpatterns = [     url(r'^yourUrlName/', views.yourUrlName, name='yourUrlName'), #Ajax ] 

views.py

from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST from django.http import JsonResponse   @require_POST def yourUrlName(request):     array = request.POST.getlist('pk[]')      return JsonResponse({             'status':'ok',             'array': array,         })