python - How to use django-debug-toolbar on AJAX calls?

Question

I'm curious if there's a reasonable way to use the (amazing) django-debug-toolbar with AJAX queries.

For example, I use a jQuery $.get with a bunch of parameters to hit a Django URL and load it inline. If I have an error with that, it isn't registered on the toolbar. I also can't use it by copying the AJAX URL because DDT attaches to the body tag of the response, and it wouldn't make any sense to be including body tags with AJAX responses.

Any direction would be helpful! Thanks!

Answer 1

Update: this functionality is now built into django-debug-toolbar

It was added in this PR and released in version 3.0

The old answer may still be useful for older versions of the toolbar:

I wrote the Request History Panel for Django Debug Toolbar that can be added to the Django Debug Toolbar to view requests other than the current one (including AJAX requests).

Install via pip:

pip install django-debug-toolbar-request-history

In settings.py add 'ddt_request_history.panels.request_history.RequestHistoryPanel' to DEBUG_TOOLBAR_PANELS e.g.:

DEBUG_TOOLBAR_PANELS = [
    'ddt_request_history.panels.request_history.RequestHistoryPanel',  # Here it is 
    'debug_toolbar.panels.versions.VersionsPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.timer.TimerPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.settings.SettingsPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.headers.HeadersPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.request.RequestPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.sql.SQLPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.templates.TemplatesPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.staticfiles.StaticFilesPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.cache.CachePanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.signals.SignalsPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.logging.LoggingPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.redirects.RedirectsPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.profiling.ProfilingPanel',
]