How I can change render to return json in view Django

Question

I have function in view

from django.shortcuts import render
from .models import myModel

def articleTheme(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        article_id = request.POST['id']
        article = myModel.objects.get(id=article_id)
        theme = article.theme
        return render(request, 'theme.html', {'newTheme': theme })

now it works normal. But I have excess html. I want return json object. What I can import and return?

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 14 '17 at 14:38

9

Use JsonResponse

from django.http import JsonResponse
..
def articleTheme(request):
    ..
    return JsonResponse({'newTheme': theme })

answered Nov 14 '17 at 14:38

Abhijith Asokan

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And then how to access this in next view function?. – Deepa MG Nov 05 '19 at 08:46
How does the template load?? – Dominic M. Feb 07 '20 at 01:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 14 '17 at 15:20

0

You can return the data with HttpResponse and in JSON format like this:

data = {'newTheme': theme}
data = json.dumps(data, cls=DjangoJSONEncoder)
return HttpResponse(data)

answered Nov 14 '17 at 15:20

K.Subrt

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How I can change render to return json in view Django

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