How to access get request data in django rest framework - django

Question

How to access GET request data in django rest framework. In the docs, they have mentioned "For clarity inside your code, we recommend using request.query_params instead of the Django's standard request.GET"
https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/requests/
But when I use request.query_params.get('some_vaue') it gives me none even though I pass the data in the request body.
sample code example:
class TestView(APIView):
def get(self, request):
test = request.query_params.get('test')
print('data',test)
...
...
...
When I pass some value in the body of the request in postman and print the value, it actually prints None.
Update
Below is my axios code
axios.get(API_URL, {
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
params: {
page_num: 1,
test: 'test data'
}
})
.then(res => {
console.log(res);
})
.catch(err => {
console.log(err.response.data);
});
Re-Update:
For testing purpose I printed out the request object like
print(request.__dict__)
so it printed out
{'_request': <WSGIRequest: GET '/api/my api url/?page_num=1&test=test+data'>, 'parsers': [<rest_framework.parsers.JSONParser object at 0x0000016742098128>, <rest_framework.parsers.FormParser object at 0x00000167420980B8>, <rest_framework.parsers.MultiPartParser object at 0x00000167420980F0>], 'authenticators': (), 'negotiator': <rest_framework.negotiation.DefaultContentNegotiation object at 0x0000016742098080>, 'parser_context': {'view': <app_name.views.APIClassName object at 0x0000016742280400>, 'args': (), 'kwargs': {}, 'request': <rest_framework.request.Request object at 0x0000016742107080>, 'encoding': 'utf-8'}, '_data': {}, '_files': <MultiValueDict: {}>, '_full_data': {}, '_content_type': <class 'rest_framework.request.Empty'>, '_stream': None, 'accepted_renderer': <rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer object at 0x00000167421070B8>, 'accepted_media_type': 'application/json', 'version': None, 'versioning_scheme': None, '_authenticator': None, '_user': <django.contrib.auth.models.AnonymousUser object at 0x0000016741FFAC88>, '_auth': None}
I could see that it is passing the data but not sure why if i do request.data['page_num'] or any other value it doesn't get the data.

Answer 1

If you are using class based views :
POST provides data in request.data and GET in request.query_params
If you are using function based views:
request.data will do the work for both methods.
axios does not support sending params as body with get method , it will append params in url. so if you are using axios you will have to use query_params
Axios example code:
axios.get(API_URL, {
params: {
testData: 'test data',
pageNum: 1
}
})
.then(res => {
console.log(res);
})
.catch(err => {
console.log(err.response.data);
});
DRF example code:
Class TestView(APIView):
def get(self, request):
test_data_var = request.query_params['testData']
page_num_var = request.query_params['pageNum']
Note:
If you're testing it in postman then put the get request query params in Params tab.

Answer 2

For me the accepted answer did not work.
A much simplier solution I saw no one mention is the following :
Append them to the URL like this : yourApi.com/subdomain/?parameter1=something
Axios.js
const target = "someApiYouWantToFetch.com"
let parameter = "DataYouWantToSend"
axios.get(`${target}?parameter=${parameter }`)
views.py
def get(self,request,*args,**kwargs): #or def list()
data = request.GET.get('name')

Answer 3

In DRF if you want to access request.GET you should use request.request.GET
for example
#action(methods=['GET',], detail=False)
def activation(request, *args, **kwargs):
uid = request.request.GET.get('uid')
token = request.request.GET.get('token')