def form_profile_ajax(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = ProfileForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
cd = form.cleaned_data
try:
user_profile = request.user.get_profile()
except UserProfile.DoesNotExist:
##create profile
user_profile = UserProfile(user=request.user)
##update profile
user_profile.country = cd['country']
user_profile.about = cd['about']
user_profile.save()
##update User
User.objects.filter(username=request.user.username).update(first_name = cd['first_name'],
last_name = cd['last_name'],
email = cd['email'] )
#a cool thing to return the html generated by rendering a template in Json:
#html = render_to_string(template, {'review': review })
##can also use: if request.is_ajax() to be sure that javascript is allowed
return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'form_ok':True,
'form_uncomplete':any(map(lambda x: x=='', cd.values())),
'html':ProfileForm(cd).as_table()}),
mimetype='application/json')
else: #form not valid, we resubmit it with error msg so that the user correct it
return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'form_ok':False,
'form_uncomplete':False,
'html':form.as_table()}),
mimetype='application/json')
else: ##user is not authentified
return HttpResponseRedirect('/profile')
