Querydict not recognizing json array in django

Question

Django and Django Rest Framework is not sensing the array in the following JSON object:

{
   "datum":
        [
             {'proposed':'20/sep/2018', "pk":"475"},
             {'proposed':'20/sep/2018', "pk":"517"}
        ]
}

When I do a print(request.data) this is the output:

 <QueryDict: {'{"datum":[{"proposed_submission_date":"20/Sep/2018","pk":"475"},{"proposed_submission_date":"20/Sep/2018","pk":"512"}]}': ['']}>

and when I do a print(request.data.keys())I get:

 {"datum":[{"proposed_submission_date":"20/Sep/2018","pk":"475"},{"proposed_submission_date":"20/Sep/2018","pk":"512"}]}

You can see that its taking the json string as the key, and not assigning "datum" as the key.

Do I need to do something else with the JSON string?

I'm doing an AJAX PUT to the Django rest framework backend.

Linovia · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-19 15:45:11Z

3

the fact that you see a QueryDict rather than just a dict is a sign that you sent your data as application/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data.

Ensure you send the request with a application/json content type and it should be just fine.

answered Sep 19, 2018 at 15:45

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TangoAlee Over a year ago

worked like a charm when I added: contentType: "application/json" to the ajax settings. THANK YOU!!!

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