Django redirect using reverse() to a URL that relies on query strings

Question

I\'m writing a django application with a URL like \'http://localhost/entity/id/?overlay=other_id\'. Where id is the primary key of the particular entity and overlay is an o

Answer 1

Can't you just check for an overlay_id and add it to your url?

redirect_url = reverse( ... )
extra_params = '?overlay=%s' % overlay_id if overlay_id else ''
full_redirect_url = '%s%s' % (redirect_url, extra_params)
return HttpResponseRedirect( full_redirect_url )