Parsing a list of dictionaries passed as a POST parameter
- by andyashton
I have a list of python dictionaries that look like this:
sandwiches = [
{'bread':'wheat', 'topping':'tomatoes', 'meat':'bacon'},
{'bread':'white', 'topping':'peanut butter', 'meat':'bacon'},
{'bread':'sourdough', 'topping':'cheese', 'meat':'bacon'}
]
I want to pass this as a POST parameter to another Django app. What does the client app need to do to iterate through the list?
I want to do something like:
for sandwich in request.POST['sandwiches']:
print "%s on %s with %s is yummy!" % (sandwich['meat'], sandwich['bread'], sandwich['topping'])
But I don't seem to have a list of dicts when my data arrives at my client app.
