Django CSRF check failing with an Ajax POST request

Question

I could use some help complying with Django\'s CSRF protection mechanism via my AJAX post. I\'ve followed the directions here:

http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/r

Answer 1

Add this line to your jQuery code:

$.ajaxSetup({
  data: {csrfmiddlewaretoken: '{{ csrf_token }}' },
});

and done.