Add query string to url in Django

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I have a form which sends a POST request and returns a page. The url of this page is defined like this

(r'^result/', 'main.views.eval_form'),

and in the browser the url looks like

mysite.com/main/result

But I also have the url working with a Get Request so the user could save the url and not have to use the form, ie:

mysite.com/main/result?name=Tom&color=blue&etc=etc

Now is there a way to alter the url in the browser after the user uses the form, to include the query string by default? So that the user can copy the url and always return to result?

Thank you!

catavaran · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-26 04:28:36Z

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Change the method attribute of the <form> tag:

<form action="/main/result/" method="GET">
    ...
</form>

answered Mar 26, 2015 at 4:28

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Koed00 · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-26 09:38:14Z

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You could do a HttpResponseRedirect to the url with the prefilled querystring from the Post view. Make sure you don't submit it twice or create an infinite loop.

return HttpResponseRedirect("/result?name={}&color={}&etc={}".format(name, color, etc))

Another way would be to fill your querystring with jQuery or Javascript from the template.

Myself I would take catavaran's approach

answered Mar 26, 2015 at 9:38

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Tong Liu · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-26 09:26:00Z

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If you want to achieve this, you should alter your view to deal with both post and get request.

code may be like this:

def result(request):
    name = request.REQUEST.get("name")

but request.REQUEST is deprecated since django 1.7

def result(request):
    if request.method == "GET":
        name = request.GET.get("name")
    if request.method == "POST":
        name = request.POST.get("name")

answered Mar 26, 2015 at 9:26

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