Django: How to Retrieve Query String Parameters

3rd October 2010 in Coding Tags: django, programming, python

If you use Django you will surely know that its url routing is quite strict regarding the prettiness of its URLS.

An url that in a php application could be like:

"index.php?option=content&id=7"

With django would translate:

/content/7/

The nice thing is that this pretty django URLs don't cause significant overhead, at least not as by doing the same with Php, MySQL and Apache (example: Joomla).

So how to retrieve query string params with Django?

There are still cases in we need to handle query string parameters, like when dealing with external services that return a URL like:

callback?verification_code=088145235648fs689sa56h&userid=854

Following this example, create the "callback" URL in your urlconf:

# urls.py

from django.conf.urls.defaults import *

# import your view to pass to the URL
from views import callback

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^callback$', view=callback, name='callback'),
	# your other URLS
	#
	#
)

Then create the view that retrieves the parameters:

# views.py

from django.template import Context, RequestContext
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, get_object_or_404

# your other views
#
#

# callback
def callback(request):

    verification_code = request.GET.get('verification_code')
    userid = request.GET.get('userid')

    context = {
        'verification_code': verification_code,
        'userid': verification_url,
    }

    return render_to_response('callback.html', context, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

And then create the template that shows the result. Be sure to put in one of your TEMPLATE_DIRS.

<!-- callback.html -->

verification_code: {{ verification_code }}<br />
verification_url: {{ userid }}

Very easy indeed and Django takes care of filtering the data to avoid XSS attacks or SQL Injection automatically for you! Isn't that nice?

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Comments

1.
Kerala said:

( on 2nd of May 2012 at 12:58 )

“I just wanted to say that your blog has been really useful.”
2.
Flashmurphy said:

( on 9th of October 2012 at 17:53 )

“Hey, thanks man. I was trying to figure this out for a pretty ridiculous about of time until I found this page!!! Thanks for posting.”
3.
goll said:

( on 19th of August 2013 at 17:41 )

“It's ultra mega nice :)”
4.
goll said:

( on 19th of August 2013 at 17:45 )

“Where is this 'verification_url' coming from?”
5.
drum said:

( on 24th of July 2014 at 07:46 )

“Helpful blog.
But if I am using classes then how to get query string as it throws error If i do the same in classes like
class view():
def callback(request):

verification_code = request.GET.get('verification_code')
userid = request.GET.get('userid')”
6.
Willie said:

( on 18th of February 2015 at 06:57 )

“You da man!!!”

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