It doesn't appear to be a string object anymore, you have a python
dictionary object.
Try this..
print type(request.vars.input)
On Friday, February 20, 2015 at 11:19:55 AM UTC-7, clara wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am making an Ajax call and calling a controller with the json data I
> need to process in the controller.
>
> The problem I am having (and I am sure the answer will be simple and I
> will hate myself for the silly question ) is that if I select
> request.vars.input, its value is not a json object anymore so a loads
> method will fail. It is a string object and if I try to eval(it) I get an
> error. So even when the data is right there I can not use it in the
> controller.
> Any ideas will be more than welcome!
>
> (The controller and its print outs are shown bellow.)
>
> Thanks,
> Clara
>
> def test():
> print "test called"
> print "test called"
> print 'request.vars'
> print request.vars
> print 'request.vars.input'
>
> Here is what the controller prints out:
>
> test called
> request.vars
> <Storage {'input': '[{"the_owner":1,"category":1,"name":"La marcha del
> oro","price":44.45,"id":1,"quantity":100},{"the_owner":3,"c
> ategory":3,"name":"Toy
> Story","price":34.56,"id":2,"quantity":23},{"the_owner":2,"category":2,"name":"La
>
> Sirenita","price":56.67,"
>
> id":3,"quantity":10},{"the_owner":null,"category":null,"name":null,"price":null,"id":null,"quantity":null}]'}>
> request.vars.input
> [{"the_owner":1,"category":1,"name":"La marcha del
> oro","price":44.45,"id":1,"quantity":100},{"the_owner":3,"category":3,"name":"T
> oy
> Story","price":34.56,"id":2,"quantity":23},{"the_owner":2,"category":2,"name":"La
>
> Sirenita","price":56.67,"id":3,"quantity":10}
>
> ,{"the_owner":null,"category":null,"name":null,"price":null,"id":null,"quantity":null}]
>
>
>
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