JSON decode Error for test_remote_project demo

[domguard]

Perhaps this is linked to the fact I'm using python 2.6 :

[07/Nov/2012 02:16:50] "GET /cities_light/city/?q=res&limit=20&format=json HTTP/1.0" 404 2222
Internal Server Error: /autocomplete/CityRestAutocomplete/
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/dom/.virtualenvs/acl/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 111, in get_response
    response = callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
  File "/home/dom/.virtualenvs/acl/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/views/decorators/csrf.py", line 77, in wrapped_view
    return view_func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/dom/.virtualenvs/acl/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py", line 48, in view
    return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/dom/.virtualenvs/acl/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py", line 69, in dispatch
    return handler(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/dom/.virtualenvs/acl/lib/python2.6/site-packages/autocomplete_light/views.py", line 52, in get
    return http.HttpResponse(autocomplete.autocomplete_html())
  File "/home/dom/.virtualenvs/acl/lib/python2.6/site-packages/autocomplete_light/autocomplete/base.py", line 94, in autocomplete_html
    for choice in self.choices_for_request():
  File "/home/dom/.virtualenvs/acl/lib/python2.6/site-packages/autocomplete_light/autocomplete/rest_model.py", line 71, in choices_for_request
    for choice in self.get_remote_choices(slots):
  File "/home/dom/.virtualenvs/acl/lib/python2.6/site-packages/autocomplete_light/autocomplete/rest_model.py", line 96, in get_remote_choices
    for data in simplejson.loads(body):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/json/__init__.py", line 307, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/json/decoder.py", line 319, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/json/decoder.py", line 338, in raw_decode
    raise ValueError("No JSON object could be decoded")
ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded

[jpic]

I just tried on a fresh install and I see no problem on these urls:

• http://localhost:8000/cities_light/city/?q=res&limit=20&format=json
• http://localhost:8000/cities_light/city/?q=res&limit=20 could you check this one ?

I'm sorry but I have no python 2.6 install anywhere ...

What did you do exactly to get this stacktrace ?

[domguard]

Switched to a python 2.7 just in case, still got this error
The two URLS you provided are working, but when i'm using the test_remote_project, and trying to use the autocomplete in the admin, the URLS are not the same, they're like :

http://localhost:8000/autocomplete/CityRestAutocomplete/?q=res

[jpic]

Can you please explain step by step how you get the error please ?

Are you sure that you got both projects running ? test_project on
localhost:8000 and test_remote_project on localhost:8001 ?

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Dominique Guardiola <
notifications@github.com> wrote:

Switched to a python 2.7 just in case, still got this error
The two URLS you provided are working, but when i'm using the
test_remote_project, and trying to use the autocomplete in the admin, the
URLS are not the same, they're like :

http://localhost:8000/autocomplete/CityRestAutocomplete/?q=res

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[domguard]

mmm... RTFD sorry....

[jpic]

Well I feel a lot better now 🍻

You might also want to check out the video.

Enjoy django-autocomplete-light

[jpic]

Actually, it shouldn't crash like this if the remote server is down. It should just propose local results instead of trying to decode JSON. Would you like to contribute this ?

[domguard]

I was just evaluating your package for my project needs
I watched the video, in fact, I wanted external data access, but I did not want to create a new object when an external object is selected, just wanted to fill some internal field of the edited object
Can I easily override this behaviour ?

[jpic]

Of course, the autocomplete you looked at is AutocompleteRestModel, which of course implies usage of models.

There are many ways to achieve what you want. Choosing the right way depends on your specifications.

For the autocomplete choices, you should override choices_for_request(). You have the choice to inherit from AutocompleteChoiceList, AutocompleteList, AutocompleteBase (bare enough) or AutocompleteInterface (really bare).

For the autocomplete input, you could use autocomplete_light.TextWidget or initialize a javascript Autocomplete instance on your own for complete freedom.

The rest is standard Django: add an extra field (with or without the widget), do your stuff in clean_your_extra_field_name().

Did you read all the docs already ?

If you need extra help, feel free to fork this repo, and create your use case in an app of test_project like test_project/support_domguard/ for example and I'll help you.

Hope this helps.

[jpic]

You should really read this: http://django-autocomplete-light.readthedocs.org/en/latest/forms.html

I think it will help you understand the whole django-autocomplete-light app, and make your decisions.