import json from django.http import HttpResponse class AjaxableResponseMixin(object): """ Mixin to add AJAX support to a form. Must be used with an object-based FormView (e.g. CreateView) """ def render_to_json_response(self, context, **response_kwargs): data = json.dumps(context) response_kwargs['content_type'] = 'application/json' return HttpResponse(data, **response_kwargs) def form_invalid(self, form): response = super(AjaxableResponseMixin, self).form_invalid(form) if self.request.is_ajax(): return self.render_to_json_response(form.errors, status=400) else: return response def form_valid(self, form): # We make sure to call the parent's form_valid() method because # it might do some processing (in the case of CreateView, it will # call form.save() for example). response = super(AjaxableResponseMixin, self).form_valid(form) if self.request.is_ajax(): data = { 'pk': self.object.pk, } return self.render_to_json_response(data) else: return response