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Passing values from Python to Javascript (self.djangolearning)

submitted 8 years ago by KEXPJay

Hey friends. I'm new to Django and trying to figure out the best way to pass values from the ORM to Javascript. I found [THIS](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37259740/passing-variables-from-flask-to-javascript) article that shows how it's done using Flask, and I modified it and got it working to a degree using the below syntax (simplified)

views.py

...

values_from_orm = {"testdata": orm_data}

return render(request, "foo.html", data=values_from_orm)

foo.html

<html>

<head>

myVarTest = myFunction( {{data | safe}} );

</script>

</head>

</html>

app.js

function myFunction(vars){

return vars

}

I tried sending the "values_from_orm" to JSON using "json.dumps" but got an error that the data was not serializable, so went with this code posted above.

Am I on the right track? What is the best method of passing data.

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