How I can change render to return json in view Django [duplicate]

Question

I have function in view

from django.shortcuts import render
from .models import myModel

def articleTheme(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        article_id = request.POST['id']
        article = myModel.objects.get(id=article_id)
        theme = article.theme
        return render(request, 'theme.html', {'newTheme': theme })

now it works normal. But I have excess html. I want return json object. What I can import and return?

Abhijith Asokan · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-14 14:38:07Z

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Use JsonResponse

from django.http import JsonResponse
..
def articleTheme(request):
    ..
    return JsonResponse({'newTheme': theme })

answered Nov 14, 2017 at 14:38

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Deepa MG Over a year ago

And then how to access this in next view function?.

Dominic M. Over a year ago

How does the template load??

K.Subrt · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-14 15:20:32Z

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You can return the data with HttpResponse and in JSON format like this:

data = {'newTheme': theme}
data = json.dumps(data, cls=DjangoJSONEncoder)
return HttpResponse(data)

answered Nov 14, 2017 at 15:20

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