Django request.is_ajax returning false

Question

I am testing out ajax with Django + jQuery. I have this in my views:

def ajax_test(request):
    if request.is_ajax():
        message = \"This is ajax\"
            


        

Answer 1

I don't know what happened to you. I tested and got a good message: This is ajax. My code:

urls.py

url(r'^$', 'myapp.views.home', name='home'),
url(r'^ajax_test/$', 'myapp.views.ajax_test', name='ajax_test'),

views.py

def home(request):
    return render_to_response('home.html', {},
                          context_instance=RequestContext(request))

def ajax_test(request):
    if request.is_ajax():
        message = "This is ajax"
    else:
        message = "Not ajax"
    return HttpResponse(message)

templates/home.html