Fixes with new API endpoint

Rewrote js to send data to the new endpoint
Made preferences API endpoint accept JSON structures

netbox/dcim/views.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from django.core.paginator import EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.db.models import Count, F, Prefetch
 from django.forms import ModelMultipleChoiceField, MultipleHiddenInput, modelformset_factory
-from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect, render
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
@@ -330,21 +329,9 @@ class RackElevationListView(generic.ObjectListView):
             'reverse': reverse,
             'rack_face': rack_face,
             'filter_form': forms.RackElevationFilterForm(request.GET),
-            'show_images': request.user.config.get('rack_elevation.show_images', False)
+            'show_images': request.user.config.get('rack_elevation.show_images', True)
         })
 
-    def post(self, request):
-        # Update the user's rack_elevation configuration
-        if "show_images" in request.POST:
-            value = False
-            if request.POST.get("show_images") == 'true' or request.POST.get("show_images") == 'True':
-                value = True
-            preference_name = "rack_elevation.show_images"
-            request.user.config.set(preference_name, value, commit=True)
-            return HttpResponse("Your preferences have been updated.")
-        else:
-            return HttpResponse("No valid parameters was provided")
-
 
 class RackView(generic.ObjectView):
     queryset = Rack.objects.prefetch_related('site__region', 'tenant__group', 'group', 'role')
@@ -372,6 +359,7 @@ class RackView(generic.ObjectView):
 
         device_count = Device.objects.restrict(request.user, 'view').filter(rack=instance).count()
 
+        print(request.user.config.get('rack_elevation.show_images'))
         return {
             'device_count': device_count,
             'reservations': reservations,
@@ -379,8 +367,8 @@ class RackView(generic.ObjectView):
             'nonracked_devices': nonracked_devices,
             'next_rack': next_rack,
             'prev_rack': prev_rack,
-            'show_images': request.user.config.get('rack_elevation.show_images', False)
-        })
+            'show_images': request.user.config.get('rack_elevation.show_images', True)
+        }
 
 
 class RackEditView(generic.ObjectEditView):

netbox/project-static/js/rack_elevations.js

@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ function setImages(visible){
 $('#toggle_device_images').click(function() {
     var selected = $(this).attr('selected');
     $.ajax({
-        url: "/dcim/rack-elevations/",
-        type: 'POST',
+        url: "/api/users/config/",
+        type: 'PATCH',
+        headers:{"X-CSRFToken": $("#csrfmiddlewaretoken").val()},
         data: {
-            'show_images': !selected,
-            'csrfmiddlewaretoken': $("#csrfmiddlewaretoken").val()
+            'rack_elevation': JSON.stringify({'show_images': !selected})
         },
-        datatype: "json"
+        datatype: "application/json"
       });
 
     setImages(!selected);

netbox/templates/dcim/rack.html

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <div class="pull-right noprint">
         <input type="hidden" id="csrfmiddlewaretoken" value="{{ csrf_token }}">
         <button id="toggle_device_images" class="btn btn-default toggle-images" {% if show_images %} selected="selected" {% endif %}>
-            <span class="mdi mdi-checkbox-marked-circle-outline" aria-hidden="true"></span> Show Images
+            <span class="mdi mdi-checkbox-{% if show_images %}marked{% else %}blank{% endif %}-circle-outline" aria-hidden="true"></span> Show Images
         </button>
         {% custom_links object %}
     </div>

netbox/templates/dcim/rack_elevation_list.html

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <div class="btn-toolbar pull-right noprint" role="toolbar">
     <input type="hidden" id="csrfmiddlewaretoken" value="{{ csrf_token }}">
     <button id="toggle_device_images" class="btn btn-default toggle-images" {% if show_images %} selected="selected" {% endif %}>
-        <span class="mdi mdi mdi-checkbox-marked-circle-outline" aria-hidden="true"></span> Show Images
+        <span class="mdi mdi-checkbox-{% if show_images %}marked{% else %}blank{% endif %}-circle-outline" aria-hidden="true"></span> Show Images
     </button>
     <div class="btn-group" role="group">
         <a href="{% url 'dcim:rack_elevation_list' %}{% querystring request face='front' %}" class="btn btn-default{% if rack_face == 'front' %} active{% endif %}">Front</a>

netbox/users/api/views.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import json
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, User
 from django.db.models import Count
+from django.http import HttpResponse
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.routers import APIRootView
@@ -73,8 +75,16 @@ class UserConfigViewSet(ViewSet):
         Update the UserConfig for the currently authenticated User.
         """
         # TODO: How can we validate this data?
+
+        parsed_dict = {}
+        for item in request.data.items():
+            try:
+                parsed_dict[item[0]] = json.loads(item[1])
+            except:
+                parsed_dict[item[0]] = item[1]
+
         userconfig = self.get_queryset().first()
-        userconfig.data = deepmerge(userconfig.data, request.data)
+        userconfig.data = deepmerge(userconfig.data, parsed_dict)
         userconfig.save()
 
         return Response(userconfig.data)

netbox/utilities/utils.py

@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ def deepmerge(original, new):
     Deep merge two dictionaries (new into original) and return a new dict
     """
     merged = OrderedDict(original)
+    print(original, new)
     for key, val in new.items():
         if key in original and isinstance(original[key], dict) and isinstance(val, dict):
             merged[key] = deepmerge(original[key], val)