Thanks. So to clarify, if I serialize the return value as json in the
controller, then I can use it in javascript. It looks like I still have to
parse the json on the javascript end (like $.parseJSON(mydata)) but it
works like a charm.
Ian
On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 2:50:35 PM UTC-5, Niphlod wrote:
>
> from gluon.serializers import json
>
> def uh():
> return json(blablabla)
>
> On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 8:45:55 PM UTC+1, Ian W. Scott wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to use ajax calls to update the data for a chart dynamically.
>> I don't want to make the chart a component that refreshes, I just want to
>> get the controller return value back to the javascript in the view, so that
>> I can update the chart via javascript. But web2py's ajax function seems to
>> only (a) update a part of the page html, or (b) send page data to the
>> controller for use in the back-end. There doesn't seem to be any way to get
>> the controller's return value as a data object for the javascript to use.
>>
>> I've tried just using jquery's get() method like this:
>>
>> $.get(my_controller_url, function(data){
>> console.log('got ajax data', data);
>> });
>>
>> But if the controller's return value is a tuple there seems to be no data
>> sent back, or at least I don't know how to access it from the 'data'
>> variable in this example. If I make the controller a dictionary I get html
>> back. But I don't want html. I just want the data.
>>
>> So how can I do this?
>>
>
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