How to paginate Django with other get variables?
- by vagabond
I am having problems using pagination in Django. Take the URL below as an example:
http://127.0.0.1:8000/users/?sort=first_name
On this page I sort a list of users by their first_name. Without a sort GET variable it defaults to sort by id.
Now if I click the next link I expect the following URL:
http://127.0.0.1:8000/users/?sort=first_name&page=2
Instead I lose all get variables and end up with
http://127.0.0.1:8000/users/?page=2
This is a problem because the second page is sorted by id instead of first_name.
If I use request.get_full_path I will eventually end up with an ugly URL:
http://127.0.0.1:8000/users/?sort=first_name&page=2&page=3&page=4
What is the solution? Is there a way to access the GET variables on the template and replace the value for the page?
I am using pagination as described in Django's documentation and my preference is to keep using it. The template code I am using is similar to this:
{% if contacts.has_next %}
<a href="?page={{ contacts.next_page_number }}">next</a>
{% endif %}
