cherrypy json jquery

js

//this is simple way to send almost any form data to cherrypy controller
$(function () {
    $( "#save" ).click(function(){
        var $form = $(this).closest('form');
        $.ajax({
            url: "/rest/save",
            data: formDataToJSON($form),
            type: 'POST',
            contentType: 'application/json',
            dataType: 'json',
        }).done(function(data){
            addAlert('Item saved by id ' + data['id'])
        });

    });

});

function formDataToJSON($form) {
    var data = {}, formData = $form.serializeArray() ;
    for (var i in formData) {
        data[formData[i].name] = formData[i].value;
    }
    return JSON.stringify(data);
};

py

"""
here is how we can get this data from json to cherrypy controoler, python side
"""

    @cherrypy.expose
    @cherrypy.tools.json_in()
    @cherrypy.tools.json_out()
    def save(self):
        json = cherrypy.request.json
        meta_id = json['meta_id']
        s = self.get_session()
        meta = s.query(MetaTags).filter_by(id=meta_id).first()
        meta.from_dict(json)
        s.commit()
        return dict(status='saved', id=meta.id)