def create_new_project(request):
"""
Takes in an ajax request to create a new project
"""
returnDict = {}
if request.method == 'POST':
print request.POST
try:
datadict = json.loads(request.POST['projectdata'])
print datadict
#we have stuff to process
project = Project()
project.title = datadict['name']
project.startDate = datetime.datetime.strptime(datadict['startDate'], "%m/%d/%Y")
project.category = datadict['category']
project.complete = False
project.save()
returnDict['id'] = project.id
except Exception, e:
print e
returnDict['error'] = e.message
