What is the most efficient way to reload a div without refreshing the whole page in django?
Question:
I am looking for the most efficient way that I can present on a live web page data such as a table with data from the database, that when a new record is added to the database the table updates itself without the user having to refresh the page.
I have tried the method with Django and Ajax but I don’t find it efficient because it has to refresh at a certain time but I only want it to refresh when a new record is added to the database.
What methods could you recommend?
Answers:
With standard Ajax, the client has to initiate the request. If you want the server to be able to "push" to the client without a request from the client, you’ll want to use websockets. There’s a package called Django Channels for implementing websockets in Django.
I am looking for the most efficient way that I can present on a live web page data such as a table with data from the database, that when a new record is added to the database the table updates itself without the user having to refresh the page.
I have tried the method with Django and Ajax but I don’t find it efficient because it has to refresh at a certain time but I only want it to refresh when a new record is added to the database.
What methods could you recommend?
With standard Ajax, the client has to initiate the request. If you want the server to be able to "push" to the client without a request from the client, you’ll want to use websockets. There’s a package called Django Channels for implementing websockets in Django.