URL-parameters and logic in Django class-based views (TemplateView)

Question

It is unclear to me how it is best to access URL-parameters in class-based-views in Django 1.5.

Consider the following:

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Answer 1

In case you pass URL parameter like this:

http:///?order_by=created

You can access it in class based view by using self.request.GET (its not presented in self.args nor in self.kwargs):

class MyClassBasedView(ObjectList):
    ...
    def get_queryset(self):
        order_by = self.request.GET.get('order_by') or '-created'
        qs = super(MyClassBasedView, self).get_queryset()
        return qs.order_by(order_by)