Pseudo-form in Django admin that generates a json object on save

Question

I have a model with a field for a json object. This object is used on the site to control some css variables, among other things.

Right now in the admin, I have a t

Answer 1

Basically it sounds like you want a custom widget for your text field. The snippet on this page gives an example on how to render json key-value pairs. Even if it doesn't suit your needs entirely, especially as your nested json adds some complexity, it perhaps can give you some ideas.

As for the pure storage and retrieval of json objects into Python dicts, a few reusable JSONField implementations exist, like this one. You might want to add it to the mix.