request.POST get multiple values

The QueryDict.getlist() allows to get all the checkbox(or select list) values from the request.POST/GET object.

Let’s assume we have a simple form with the following checkboxes. Each checkbox contains an ID of an artist.

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In views.py :

def handle(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
         artists = request.POST.getlist('artists') # now artists is a list of [1,2,3]