Question

I think it goes a little something like this:

In my view:

from django.core import serializers

And later….

data = serializers.serialize('json', MODEL.objects.filter(id=id), fields=('points'))
return HttpResponse(data)

In my jQuery:

$.ajaxSetup({
  dataType: "json"
});

$('#selector .selector_detail a').click(function() {
    var call_to = $(this).attr('href');

    $.ajax({
      url: call_to,
      type: "POST",

      complete: function() {
          console.log('Ajax Complete')
      },

      success: function(data) {
          points = data(fields.points)
          console.log('Ajax Successful')
          console.log(data);
     },

      error: function(xhr) {
          console.log('Whoops, something went wrong. XHR Response:' + JSON.stringify(xhr));
      },
    });

    return false;
});

I want the value of points, but I have no idea how to get it out. I can see it in the console.log when I look at the data Objects. What am I missing?

Answer 1

if data is a json object and the correct headers are set, you can access it’s properties using a dot:

data.points

data[0].points  //if points is an array
//this is not correct
data(fields.points);

I don’t know what’s the exact structure of ‘data’ but you can derive it from your console.log(data);

EDIt – if data has the structure you outlined in the comment you can access points like this:

 alert(data[0].fields.points);