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

Adjusted my code to the following:

views.py:

def index(request):
    return render_to_response('index.html',
                            locals(), context_instance=RequestContext(request)) 

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

urls.py:

urlpatterns = patterns('',   
    #    root
    url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'), 
    #    ajax
    url(r'^ajax_test/$', views.ajax_test, name='ajax_test'),
) 

template:

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