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Python Django Authentication Authentication LogoutView and SignUpView

Posted by Anmol Gulati
Anmol Gulati
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Send the validation errors as JSON data.

What if I want to send the validation errors of the sign up/registration form as JSON data, so that it can be accessible to all platforms like: Android, IOS, Web. Also, in general what is the way to send any type of validation errors as JSON data.

OR

Suppose I am building a registration/signup or any form in general for my web app in Django and I want the same form for Web/Android/IOS. So I want the frontend and backend(Django) to communicate via JSON. My question is how can I send validation errors in JSON format if the user on any platform(Web/Android/IOS) gives me invalid data like "the email already exists" type of errors?

Kenneth Love

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Kenneth Love
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Kenneth Love
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Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Generally you want to use an API instead of HTML views for mobile apps, so I'd suggest checking out Django REST Framework (we have a course here, in fact) and using that as the sign up/login/etc endpoint for submitting the forms to. That means you can build your frontend in JavaScript or something if you want.