Rendering JSON objects using a Django template after an Ajax call

Question

I\'ve been trying to understand what\'s the optimal way to do Ajax in Django. By reading stuff here and there I gathered that the common process is:

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Answer 1

Templates are for the purpose of presentation. Responding with data in format X (JSON, JSONP, XML, YAML, *ml, etc.) is not presentation, so you don't need templates. Just serialize your data into format X and return it in an HttpResponse.