Read Ajax post data in django

Question

I got an Ajax request using promise in my django project:

var path = window.location.pathname;
fetch('/getblogs/', {
  method: 'post',
  headers: {
    'Accept': 'application/json, text/plain, */*',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({'path': path})
}).then(function (response) {
  return response.json();
});

The request is in a js file and there is no form.

I'm trying to read data in my views.py like this:

@csrf_exempt
def get_blogs(request):
    cat_id = request.POST.get('path')
    print("RESULT: " + str(cat_id))

But in output I get:

RESULT: None

Am I missing somthing in reading post data or there is something wrong with my ajax request?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 19 '18 at 08:35

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I think you can try like this:

import json

@csrf_exempt
def get_blogs(request):
    cat_id = json.loads(request.body).get('path')
    print("RESULT: " + str(cat_id))

answered Nov 19 '18 at 08:35

ruddra

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I should've gone for body not post. This solved the issue. Thanks! – Ghasem Nov 19 '18 at 08:43

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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From the Django documentation

HttpRequest.POST

A dictionary-like object containing all given HTTP POST parameters, providing that the request contains form data. See the QueryDict documentation below. If you need to access raw or non-form data posted in the request, access this through the HttpRequest.body attribute instead.

Try using json.loads(request.body)['path']

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Nov 19 '18 at 08:36

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Read Ajax post data in django

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