common.js

function submitNewEntry() {
	var text = $('.new-entry').val();
		
	if (text == 'Neuen Eintrag schreiben...')
		return false;
		
	if ( $('.is-public:checkbox:checked').val() == 'on' )
		var isPublic = parseInt(1);
	else 
		var isPublic = parseInt(0);
	
	new_entry = "{ text : '" + text + "', isPublic: " + isPublic + " }"
	
	$.ajax({
		type: "POST",
		// format: { "text" : "text body", "isPublic" : 0|1 }
		data: { "new_entry" : new_entry, "submit" : "submit", "format" : "json" },
		success: function() {
			$('.new-entry').val('Neuen Eintrag schreiben...');
			getEntries('reload');
		}
	});
}

view.py

def manage(request):
	if (request.method == 'POST'):
		if ('format' in request.POST):
			format = request.POST['format']
		else:
			format = 'json'

		if ('submit' in request.POST) and (format == 'json'):
			if ('new_entry' in request.POST):
				# format: { "text" : "text body", "isPublic" : 0|1 }
				entry = json.loads(request.POST['new_entry'])
				entry_text = escape(entry.get('text'))
				entry_published = datetime.now()
				entry_isPublic = int(entry.get('isPublic'))
				new_entry = Entry(text=entry_text, published=entry_published, isPublic=entry_isPublic)
				new_entry.save()