Re: Updating a video rating using AJAX

When you change data on your database ALWAYS use the http POST method. So your view should check if request.method == 'POST' and then proceed to change the rating. It should also check if the user is authenticated and if she already voted. As for the ajax part have a look at the jQuery

Re: Updating a video rating using AJAX

Also, if you DO choose to pass JSON back to your client, you should serialize it first. See this: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/serialization/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Updating a video rating using AJAX

On Oct 20, 8:23 am, Sithembewena Lloyd Dube wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a page where users can rate a video, and in models.py I have a video > model with a 'rating' property. I wish to find out how I can AJAXify the > rating button on the page, so that if a user clicks on it,

Re: Updating a video rating using AJAX

> I would like to do this without using a view or doing a form POST or GET of > any kind. Any pointers? Why? If you're building a web app, you should use HTTP to for the client to communicate with the app (AJAX is just another form of that communication). You're almost there, though, because

Updating a video rating using AJAX

Hi all, I have a page where users can rate a video, and in models.py I have a video model with a 'rating' property. I wish to find out how I can AJAXify the rating button on the page, so that if a user clicks on it, the button can call a custom function and pass the video id (cannot call a view