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18740	request.REQUEST truncates POST data	colleen@…	nobody	"So I have this form (some elements removed for clarity)
{{{
    <form id=""{{ section }}-submission-form{{ cell_id }}"">

        <input type=hidden name=""section"" value=""{{ section }}"" />
        <input type=""hidden"" name=""school"" id=""{{ section }}-submit-school{{ cell_id }}"" />


        {% if section == ""posts"" %}
            <input type=hidden name=""url"" />
            <textarea class=""{{ section }}txtinput{{ cell_id }}"" name=""text-submission""
                      default=""{% if is_advice %}What's your question?{% else %}What's on your mind?{% endif %}""
                      id=""{{ section }}-suggestion-box{{ cell_id }}""
                      style=""margin: 0 0 .5em 0;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px; width: 410px;""
                      rows='8'></textarea>
            <br />
        {% endif %}
        {% if section == ""photos"" %}
            <span style='line-height: 40px;'>
            <label class=""photouploadlabel"">URL</label><input type=""text"" name=""image-url"" style=""width: 335px"" /><br>
            <label class=""photouploadlabel"">File</label><input type=""file"" name=""image-file"" style=""width: 335px""/><br>
            <label class=""photouploadlabel"">Caption</label><input type=""text"" id=""image-caption{{ cell_id }}""
                                                                  name=""image-caption"" style=""width: 335px"" default=""optional""/>
            </span>
        {% endif %}


        <div id=""{{ section }}-bottomdiv{{ cell_id }}"" style=""height: 45px; margin-top: .5em; width: 413px;"">
            <div style=""height: 45px"">
            <label id=""{{ section }}-tagsbutton{{ cell_id }}""
                   style=""margin-right: .5em; cursor: pointer; vertical-align: bottom; float:left; line-height: 1.8em;"">Tags</label>

            <input id=""{{ section }}-tagsinput{{ cell_id }}"" type=""text"" name=""tags-list"" style=""position: relative""/>
                        <button id=""send-{{ section }}-suggestion{{ cell_id }}"" disabled=""disabled""
                    style=""float:right; position: relative; bottom: 7px; right: -4px;"">Post</button>
            </div>
}}}
The tags-list input is turned into an autocomplete and users select tags, which are then added to a global js variable ""selected tags"". When the user presses ""Post"", I have this code:
{{{
               alert(selectedtags);
           $(""#""+section+""-submission-form""+cellid).ajaxSubmit({
               url: '/save-suggestion/',
               type: 'post',
               data: {'tags': selectedtags },
               dataType: 'json',
               success: function(response){
                   clear_text(section, cellid);
                   location.reload();
               },
}}}
printing out request.POST gets me:
{{{
<QueryDict: {u'text-submission': [u'your mom is on my mind.'], u'school': [u'1997'], u'tags-list': [u''], u'url': [u''], u'section': [u'posts'], u'tags[]': [u'tigers', u'lions'], u'anonymity-level': [u'schoolandmajor']}>
}}}
(i.e. what I expect)

but printing request.REQUEST gets me:
{{{
{u'text-submission': u'your mom is on my mind.', u'school': u'1997', u'tags-list': u'', u'url': u'', u'section': u'posts', u'tags[]': u'lions', u'anonymity-level': u'schoolandmajor'}
}}}
(i.e. tags[] is truncated, as if using get instead of getlist)"	Uncategorized	closed	HTTP handling	1.4	Normal	needsinfo	request, POST, getlist		Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0