How to store a dictionary on a Django Model?

Question

I need to store some data in a Django model. These data are not equal to all instances of the model.

At first I thought about subclassing the model, but I’m trying t

Answer 1

This question is old, but I was having the same problem, ended here and the chosen answer couldn't solve my problem anymore.

If you want to store dictionaries in Django or REST Api, either to be used as objects in your front end, or because your data won't necessarily have the same structure, the solution I used can help you.

When saving the data in your API, use json.dump() method to be able to store it in a proper json format, as described in this question.

If you use this structure, your data will already be in the appropriate json format to be called in the front end with JSON.parse() in your ajax (or whatever) call.