Utilities

getCookie(name)

Looks for a cookie, and if found, returns the values.

Note

Only the first item in the array is returned to eliminate the need for array deconstruction in the target.

Attention

The function catches the TypeError and returns null if the name provided for the cookie is not found. A notification is then provided in the console to inform the developer that the requested cookie does not exist.

Arguments:

• name (string) – The name of the cookie. :returns: Value of the cookie with the key name or null.

preparePostData(data)

Creates a new instance of FormData to be used in AJAX calls.

Arguments:

• data (Object) – Data to be embedded in the form in JSON format, where the key is the name/ID of the field whose values are to be altered/created and corresponds to dict keys in Django request.POST.
• csrf (Boolean) – If true, includes the CSRF token (under the name csrfmiddlewaretoken) in the form. Default is true.

Returns:

A new instance FormData that incorporated the data embedded in data and the CSRF token in enabled.

Return type:

FormData