title: How do you update a django template context variable after an AJAX call?
body: <p>I have a table Product that shows information of a group of products.</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;table id="item_table" class="table table-sm table-hover table-bordered"&gt;
          &lt;thead class="thead-inverse"&gt;
          &lt;tr&gt;
              &lt;th colspan="2"&gt;Date&lt;/th&gt;
              &lt;th colspan="6"&gt;Product name&lt;/th&gt;
              &lt;th colspan="2"&gt;Category&lt;/th&gt;
              &lt;th colspan="2"&gt;Amount&lt;/th&gt;
          &lt;/tr&gt;
          &lt;/thead&gt;
          &lt;tbody&gt;
              {% for item in product_list %}
              &lt;tr&gt;
                  &lt;td colspan="2"&gt;{{ item.date }}&lt;/td&gt;
                  &lt;td id="item_name_format" colspan="6"&gt;{{ item.name }}&lt;/td&gt;
                  {% if item.category_id %}
                  &lt;td id="item_name_format" colspan="2"&gt;{{ item.category_id.level1_desc }}&lt;/td&gt;
                  {% endif %}
                  &lt;td id="item_amt_format" colspan="2"&gt;${{ item.amount|intcomma }}&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;/tr&gt;
              {% endfor %}
          &lt;/tbody&gt;
      &lt;/table&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am using the below Ajax call you update the table.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$(document).ready(function(){
  
  // Submit post on submit
  $('.item_num').on('click', function(event){
      event.preventDefault();
      var item_num = $(this).attr('id');
      update_item(item_num);
  });
  
  function update_item(item_num) {
      console.log(item_num) // sanity check
      $.ajax({
          type: 'GET',
          url:'update_items', 
          data: { 'item_num': item_num },
  
          success: function(result){
              console.log(result);
              ???$('item_table').product_list = result;???
          },
  ... more code
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How do I update the variable product_list with 'result' from my Ajax call?</p>
  
  <p>This should update the table right?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>