request.POST.getlist fails when submitting a JS array of JS objects

[Alex Krupp <alex.krupp@…>]

As described in the summary, request.POST.getlist fails when applied to an array of objects instead of an array of strings:

This works:

Frontend:
var test = ['a', 'b', 'c']
$.post("/upload", {"test": test}, function(response) {alert(response);});

Backend:
print request.POST.getlist('test[]')

[u'a', u'b', u'c'] #Success

This fails:

Frontend:
var foo = {}
foo.bar = "asdf"
test = [foo, foo, foo]
$.post("/upload", {"test": test}, function(response) {alert(response);});

Backend:

print request.POST.getlist('test[]')

[] #Fail

[Claude Paroz]

I don't think your frontend code is valid. You should either properly serialize your objects client-side, or use a JSON structure, depending on the complexity of your objects.

If you still think that Django is at fault, please provide the detailed POST structure of the HTTP request.