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JasonTS
JasonTS

Reputation: 2589

Can I pass URL parameter into a get request in django?

I'm passing a slug in the url like this:

url(r'^fragen/(?P<slug>[-_\w]+)/beantworten/$', qna_answer_add,
    name="qna_answer_add"),

Can I use the slug like this:

qna_answer_model.question = Question.objects.get(slug=slug)

Or will it be a security risk, because it comes from the url? Do I need to do a clean up or a regex check or will Django do that automatically?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 52

Answers (2)

Brandon Taylor
Brandon Taylor

Reputation: 34593

A safer alternative might be:

from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404

def your_view(request, slug):
    qna_answer_model.question = get_object_or_404(Question, slug=slug)

or if you need exacting control over what is done in the case of no Question for a slug:

from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404

def your_view(request, slug):
    try:
        qna_answer_model.question = Question.objects.get(slug=slug)
    except Question.DoesNotExist:
        # do something else

Upvotes: 1

levi
levi

Reputation: 22697

yes, you can use it, django does it for you. 

def your_view(request,slug):
    //you can use your slug as you want
    qna_answer_model.question = Question.objects.get(slug=slug)

Upvotes: 1

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