Django: How to retrieve serialized checkbox values from ajax call in django views?

Question

For example in html, I have a form that contains check-boxes :

<label>
    <input type="checkbox" name="check" value="check1">Option A
</label>
<label>
    <input type="checkbox" name="check" value="check2">Option B
</label>

And an AJAX call like this:

 $.ajax({
    data: $(#form).serialize(),
    type: $(#form).attr('method'),
    url: $(#form).attr('action'),
    datatype:'html',
    success: function() { 
        ...
    }
});

Since serialze() gives values like check=check1&check=check2 , the value of check only contains check2, the later assignment. Is there a way to get all checked values in an array?

Thanks in advance!

This post should help with passing an array as GET data. If you don't want to use an array, just give different names to the checkbox elements. The values that exist as GET data are checked, and the ones that don't, aren't. — BobRodes
– BobRodes, Commented Aug 2, 2016 at 7:44

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:25:12Z

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I would like to comment but my reputation is not enough so I'll just post an answer. If you want to just get all the values of 'check' then you can use getlist in the view. Something like this:

# Sample URL
# sample.com/?check=check1&check=check2

# In the view you can do it like this
values = request.GET.getlist('check')

# values will be equal to [u'check1', u'check2']

This maybe similar to you problem Jquery and Django multiple checkbox

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:25

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answered Aug 2, 2016 at 7:56

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2 Comments

DanielleC Over a year ago

Yes I just noticed that, I ended up using request.POST.getlist('check[]') instead of serialize(). Appreciate your help!

Rieljun Liguid Over a year ago

Glad it worked. BTW, thanks for flagging it as an answer, now I can comment. :D

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