[Answer]-How do I pass the results of a user submitted html form to django urls?

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You should not worrry about the GET parameters in the URL.

Try this:

url(r'^search/$', views.search, name='search'),

and in views

def search():
    filter_range = request.GET.get('filter_range', '')
    #rest of the code.

You have the flexibility of sending across any number of GET parameters without having to declare them in the urls.py

Some more context in this documentation here

👤karthikr

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You cannot retrieve query parameters via urlconfs. They can be accessed via the request object which is always available in django views. Example:

request.GET.get('searchvalue')

For more details please take a look at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/request-response/.

👤timo.rieber

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Just as a small followup, this is exactly how I was able to re-use my function in place:

From views.py

def search(request, filter_range):
    search_ref = BibleReference(filter_range)
    qry_in_range = "SELECT * FROM concordance_reference WHERE ref_book_num=%s AND ref_endchapter_num >= %s AND ref_endverse_num >= %s AND ref_startchapter_num <= %s AND ref_startverse_num <= %s ORDER BY ref_book_num, ref_startchapter_num, ref_startverse_num, ref_endchapter_num, ref_endverse_num"
    params = tuple([search_ref.book_num, search_ref.start_chapter, search_ref.start_verse, search_ref.end_chapter, search_ref.end_verse]) 

    found_references_list = VerseReference.objects.raw(qry_in_range, params)

    template = loader.get_template('concordance/index.html')
    context = RequestContext( request, {
        'filter_range': filter_range,
        'filter_ref': search_ref,
        'found_references_list': found_references_list,
        })
    return HttpResponse(template.render(context))

def empty_search(request):
    filter_range = request.GET.get('filter_range', '')
    return search(request, filter_range)

Urls.py

url(r'^search/$', views.empty_search, name='empty_search'),
url(r'^search/(?P<filter_range>.+)$', views.search, name='search'),

The advantage of this approach is that my restful urls:
/search/1+Timothy remain good, and
/search/?filter_range=1+Timothy can still be called from my form.

👤Affable Geek

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