Call a Django python function from tag script in the template

Question

This is some content of my Django template.

...
<a id="ID" href="">Do operation with database.<a/>
...
<script type="text/javascript">
                    window.onload = function () {
                        var a = document.getElementById("ID");
                        a.onclick = function () {
                            if (confirm("do you really want to perform task?")) {
                                /** call python function in order to perform some operations with database **/
                            }
                            return;
                        }
</script>
...

The function is for example(we can imagine the function is in views.py):
def performtask():
#do my operation with the database

My question is, how it is possibile to call performtask() function from the script tag in my template?

Nah, the javascript is executed client-side. You would have to send a request (e.g. AJAX) and handle that request in a view in order to execute code on the server. — user2390182
– user2390182, Commented Sep 26, 2017 at 12:00

Somil · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-26 12:05:46Z

1

you should go through with ajax

   $.ajax({
        url: "http://abc,com/app/",
        type: "POST",
        data :{},
        success:function(result){
            //your code
        },
        error:function(error){
            //error handal
        }
    });

you can get more details here :

https://realpython.com/blog/python/django-and-ajax-form-submissions/

https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2016/08/29/how-to-work-with-ajax-request-with-django.html

answered Sep 26, 2017 at 12:05

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2 Comments

Tajinder Singh Over a year ago

What is the exact content of url line? I can't understand it

Somil Over a year ago

whaterver url you defined in urls.py file for corresponding views(method). like ( url: "/app/", url: "/accounts/")

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