<form action = "" method="post">

    {%  csrf_token %}
    <p class="label" id="l1"> Name: </p>
    <input type="text" class="textbox" id="name"><br>

    <p class="label" id="l2"> Username: </p>
    <input type="text" class="textbox" id="username"><br>

    <p class="label" id="l3"> Password: </p>
    <input type="password" class="textbox" id="password"><br>

    <p class="label" id="l4"> Confirm Password: </p>
    <input type="password" class="textbox" id="confirm"><br>

    <button id="signupbutton">Sign Up</button>
</form>

$("#signupbutton").click(function () {
        var username = $("#username").val();
        var password = $("#password").val();
        var confirm = $("#confirm").val();
        var name = $("#name").val();

        errorval = errorCheck();
        if (errorval == 0) {
            // transform data input to dictionary
            const infoset = {
                "name": name,
                "username": username,
                "password": password
            };
            console.log(infoset);

            var csrftoken = $.cookie('csrftoken');

            $.ajaxSetup({
                beforeSend: function (xhr, settings) {
                    if (!csrfSafeMethod(settings.type) && !this.crossDomain) {
                        xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", csrftoken);
                    }
                }
            });
            $.ajax({
                url: "create_user/",
                type: "POST",
                dataType: 'JSON',
                data: JSON.stringify(infoset),
                success: function (data) {
                    console.log(JSON.parse(data));

                },
                fail: function (data) {
                    console.log("everything went to shit");
                }

            });
            $("#errormsg").text('creation successful');

def create_user(request: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse :
if request.method == 'POST':

    username = request.POST.get('infoset')
    password = request.POST.get('password')
    response_data = {}

    user = User(username=username, password=password)
    user.save()

    response_data['result'] = 'Create post successful!'
    response_data['userpk'] = user.pk
    response_data['username'] = user.username


    return HttpResponse(
        json.dumps(response_data),
        content_type="application/json"
    )
else:
    return HttpResponse(
        json.dumps({"nothing to see": "this isn't happening"}),
        content_type="application/json"
    )

from django.conf.urls import url
from django.contrib import admin
from bartr import views


urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls, name="admin"),
    url(r'^$', views.home, ),
    url(r'^home/', views.home, name="home"),
    url(r'^sign_up/', views.sign_up, name="sign_up"),
    url(r'^marketplace/', views.marketplace, name="marketplace"),
    url(r'^create_user/', views.create_user, name="create_user")


]