Making an ajax get request with django

Question

Trying to simply make an ajax call to my view and get the template html back.

$(document).ready(function () {

    $.ajax({
        url:url,
        data:{language:'English'},
        dataType:'html',
        success:function (data, status, xhr) {
            alert('works yea');
            $('#profiles-section').html(data);
        }
       error: function(data){
            alert('errors');
        }
    });
});

My test view which I have verified has the correct url is never called, I have set break points and nothing happens, I am alerting the url on the client side before I make the ajax call and it should match what I have defined in my urls.py.

def teset_view(request, username):
   template = 'profiles_view.html'
   return render_to_response(template,
        context_instance=RequestContext(request))

Have I missed something simple?

UPDATE:

I added the error to see if it would error and I receive this alert, how can I figure out why jquery errors like this. I don't have any other conflicting places where I would cross reference

It looks like I am running into a jqXHR status always returning zero

error: function(jqXHR, exception) {
            if (jqXHR.status === 0) {
                alert('Not connect.\n Verify Network.');
            }

What can I do to fix this, I have tried adding a e.preventDefault at the end of the on click method

UPDATE

My url is set up this way

url(r'^profiles/(?P<username>[\w.@+-]+)/$','Taleebo.views.profiles_view',name="profiles"),

, i have added the getCookie() javascript safe method so i can make proper ajax request.

did you try adding the `type: "GET"` parameter to your $.ajax function? — Viren Rajput, Feb 07 '13 at 03:11
yes i did. I have updated my question. to show that it alerts on error, with no help from jquery on why — Warz, Feb 07 '13 at 03:15
I don't think django lets you make requests unless you add the csrf token in the request parameters. Get the `csrftoken` cookie following this method and request with it. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/csrf/#ajax — Bibhas Debnath, Feb 07 '13 at 06:37
run the site in the dev server and watch the terminal output, what does it say when you send the ajax request? — jsj, Feb 07 '13 at 06:40
@Bibhas I'm pretty sure you only need the csrf token for POST. Well I have a django project with AJAX and all the AJAX requests are GET and I never need the token. — jsj, Feb 07 '13 at 06:44
Could you update your question with url (from ajax call) and url sytax from urls.py? — Lukasz Koziara, Feb 07 '13 at 08:11
@Warz do you have [this](https://gist.github.com/miki725/3892061) added in your JS? — Jonathan, Feb 07 '13 at 09:42
I have added this now with no update, i still get the same error — Warz, Feb 08 '13 at 01:59

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 07 '13 at 15:51

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You have some errors. Install firebug and you will see where they are!

answered Feb 07 '13 at 15:51

ndpu

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 08 '13 at 03:29

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Unbelievable. Found out that my link was canceling the ajax request.

Simply adding return false after the on click method fixes it.

answered Feb 08 '13 at 03:29

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