Question

I am trying to send a ajax request to my views.py but I dont know how to use the path.
My views is located on my server at /home/pycode/main/main/apps/builder/views.py.
The page I am sending the request from is located at /home/dbs/www/python.html
Do I need to add something to my urls.py?

views.py

#!/usr/bin/env python26
from django.http import HttpResponse
def main(request):
    return HttpResponse("from python with love")

python.html jquery ajax

<script language="JavaScript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#myform").submit(function() {

    var myCheckboxes = new Array();
    $("input:checked").each(function() {
       myCheckboxes.push($(this).val());
    });
    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: '/main',
        data: { myCheckboxes:myCheckboxes },
        success: function(response){
            alert(response);
        }
    });
    return false;
});
});
</script>

Answer 1

To access functions in views you refer to them through their entries in urls.py never through their location in the filesystem.

Going through the django tutorial (4 pages) will help immensely.

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/urls/

in urls.py you map a url to a function using an entry similar to:

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^main/$', 'apps.builder.views.main'),
)

Then whenever you type ‘/main/` as a url it maps to your view function.