Possible to use url parameters in URL pattern?

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I am converting the serverside of a system from PHP to Django and am wodering if it is possible to have urlpatterns that depend on the parameters and not just the URL?

Example: These two urls executes two completely different functions:

/trackme/requests.php?a=upload

/trackme/requests.php?a=gettriplist

As I can not change the clients I would like to have them match two different patterns.

Currently I have to do a big if. I would like it to call directly the correct function from the URL

Thanks

possible duplicate of Capturing url parameters in request.GET — Hedde van der Heide, Commented Mar 4, 2013 at 12:16
Not a duplication, (i think) as the emphasis is different, the question asked in the other question is just how to get the parameters. I wanted to grab them directly in the urlpatterns. — tcarlander, Commented Mar 9, 2013 at 17:58

Aidan Ewen · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-04 13:18:56Z

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You can't, I'm afraid. The query string is stripped from the URL before any of the regex in your urlconf is matched.

I think your going to have to process the string in your view.

if 'a' in request.GET:
    if request.GET['a'] == 'upload':
        #...
    elif request.GET['a'] == 'gettriplist':
        #...

answered Mar 4, 2013 at 13:18

Aidan Ewen

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Thanks for the confirmation, I hoped it wold be possible, but did not think so. I will do it in ModRewrite to get cleaner code.
– tcarlander
Commented Mar 9, 2013 at 17:54

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