Why can't I use params or data with $http to communicate with Django?
I have an angularjs page that gets data from a django view. In one case, I have a django view called /display that grabs a file off the server and displays it as plain text.
this.loadfile = function (clickedItem) {
$http({method: 'GET' , url: '/display/'+ clickedItem.fileName})
.success(function(data) {
$scope.fileView.text = data;
});
};
The call to /display/myfile.txt works nicely, since the filename is a simple string, as is the returned data.
Now I need to send a more complex, multiline parameter to django: a list of searchStrings and a list of filenames:
this.concord = function (searchStrings, filenames) {
$http({method: 'GET' ,
url: '/concord/',
data: {"searchStrings":searchStrings, "filenames":filenames}
)
.success(function(data) {
console.log(data); // log the data coming back.
$scope.concord = data;
});
};
According to AngularJS - Any way for $http.post to send request parameters instead of JSON?, that should work with
url(r'^concord/(?P<jsondata>.*)$', views.concord, name="concord"),
where my view is:
def concord(request,jsondata) :
jObj=simplejson.loads(jsondata)
return HttpResponse(jObj["files"])
(I tried parsing request.body as well; was empty)
On the other hand, if I explicitly attach it to the url, I do get something back:
$http({method: 'GET',
url: '/concord/'+JSON.stringify({"searchStrings":searchStrings, "filenames":filenames}),
}
)
.success(function(data) {
console.log(data);
$scope.concordResults = data;
});
That works!
But I must be doing this in worst way possible. Is there a way to use params or data to communicate with Django?
(PS: I have avoided django-angular package because I am already overwhelmed with learning packages: django rest, angular, bootstrap, etc... I really just want to start with bare-bones communication between angular and django. Later I will dive into more packages.)
