issue #178 - have JS forms POST as JSON instead of urlencoded

jantman · Mar 23, 2018 · 8d14f24 · 8d14f24
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diff --git a/biweeklybudget/flaskapp/static/js/forms.js b/biweeklybudget/flaskapp/static/js/forms.js
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ function handleForm(container_id, form_id, post_url, dataTableObj) {
     $.ajax({
         type: "POST",
         url: post_url,
-        data: data,
+        data: JSON.stringify(data),
+        dataType: "json",
+        contentType: "application/json",
         success: function(data) {
             handleFormSubmitted(data, container_id, form_id, dataTableObj);
         },

diff --git a/biweeklybudget/flaskapp/views/formhandlerview.py b/biweeklybudget/flaskapp/views/formhandlerview.py
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ def post(self):
         'success' -> boolean
         'success_message' -> string success message
         """
-        data = request.form.to_dict()
+        data = request.get_json()
+        if data is None:
+            # not JSON, must be form encoded
+            data = request.form.to_dict()
         res = self.validate(data)
         if res is not None:
             logger.info('Form validation failed. data=%s errors=%s',