sample view

views.py

def get_units(request):

    # request object has one GET DICTIONARY for the variables passed as Query String
    # Query string variable is named as ID
    if 'ID' in request.GET:
        userId = request.GET['ID']
    
    # request object has one POST DICTIONARY for the variables passed as form.submit()
    # Here assume a form variable is named as UNITS
    if 'UNITS' in request.POST:
        units = request.POST['UNITS']

    readingData = get_units_data(userId)
    output_json = jsonpickle.encode(readingData)  #unpickled = jsonpickle.decode(output_json)
    ''' Here we are able to send JSON as htttp response. Comes in handy for API writting'''
    return HttpResponse(output_json)