My question is very simple. By using the DjangoJSONEncoder, I am able to send a JSON array of Model instances with the fields, product_number(pk) and amount as context to the HTML file. I then access the JSON array obj using some javascript code.
The JS code:
{{ data|json_script:"hello-data" }}
<script type="text/javascript">
const data = JSON.parse(document.getElementById('hello-data').textContent);
document.getElementById('id_line_one').onchange = function(event){
alert(data);
document.getElementById('id_line_one_unit_price').value = data[event.target.value].value
};
</script>
The array is:
[[1, 56000], [2, 55000]]
I think it's a string and not an array?
I have a dropdown box and when the user selects a title from the dropdown menu, It returns the primary key of that title, and then using that, I want to retrieve the amount of that product from the JSON array and then set the value of a text field with that amount.

views.py:
def add_invoice(request):
form = InvoiceForm(request.POST or None)
total_invoices = Invoice.objects.count()
queryset = Invoice.objects.order_by('-invoice_date')[:6]
dataa = Inventory.objects.values_list('product_number','amount')
data = json.dumps(list(dataa), cls=DjangoJSONEncoder)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
messages.success(request, 'Successfully Saved')
return redirect('/invoice/list_invoice')
context = {
"form": form,
"title": "New Invoice",
"total_invoices": total_invoices,
"queryset": queryset,
"data": data,
}
return render(request, "entry.html", context)
models.py:
from django.db import models
class Inventory(models.Model):
product_number = models.IntegerField(primary_key=True)
product = models.TextField(max_length=3000, default='', blank=True, null=True)
title = models.CharField('Title', max_length=120, default='', blank=True, unique=True)
amount = models.IntegerField('Unit Price', default=0, blank=True, null=True)
def __str__(self):
return self.title
I noticed that the javascript code is actually working correctly, It sends the ith element, i.e., if the title selected has a primary key 1 then [ is returned as result and if the primary key is 2, the output is 1. The array or string(?) is [[1, 56000], [2, 55000]] So it's basically treating the variable data as a string. I want it to be a dictionary? How can I convert this string I am getting into a dictionary and then map the result of the amount to its text fields?
Thanks.