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In Django, the request object contains a variety of information about the current HTTP request, including the query parameters. Query parameters are a way to pass additional information in the URL and are used to filter or sort data.
The request object provides a convenient way to access query parameters through the GET attribute.
The GET attribute is a dictionary-like object that allows you to access query parameters by key. You can use the GET attribute to access query parameters in the same way you would access a dictionary.
For example, if you have a query parameter named page domain/?page=101
you can access its value like this:
page = request.GET.get('page')
If the query parameter is not present in the request, request.GET.get()
will return None
. You can also provide a default value to be returned if the key is not found in the query parameters:
page = request.GET.get('page', 1)
You can also access all the query parameters as a dictionary using the GET.dict()
method.
parameters = request.GET.dict()
It's also possible to access the query parameters using the request.GET
as a dictionary.
parameters = request.GET
You can also use the request.GET.items()
method to access all the query parameters as a list of key-value pairs.
parameters = request.GET.items()
When working with query parameters, it's important to validate and sanitize the data to prevent security vulnerabilities such as SQL injection. Django provides built-in forms that can be used to validate and sanitize query parameters consider going through them once.
In summary, the request object in Django provides a convenient way to access query parameters through the GET attribute. This attribute is a dictionary-like object that allows you to access query parameters by key. You can use the GET.get()
method, GET.dict()
method, GET.items()
method or treat the GET attribute as a dictionary to capture query parameters.
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