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why is g:link ignoring request params?

In my Grails app, I have a URL mapped directly to a view in UrlMappings.groovy

"/geolocation"(view: "/geolocation/index")

I'm trying to generate a link to this view that includes request parameters with:

<g:link elementId="btnSrcDest" uri="/geolocation" class="mapInfo" 
        params="[mapType: 'foo']">
    Click me
</g:link>

But this generates the following HTML

<a class="mapInfo" id="btnSrcDest" href="/myApp/geolocation">
    Click me
</a>

Whereas I was expecting this:

<a class="mapInfo" id="btnSrcDest" href="/myApp/geolocation?mapType=foo">
    Click me
</a>

Why is the params attribute of g:link being ignored?

Solution

  • If you use a uri attribute then that is assumed to be the complete (webapp-relative) link and no further processing will happen. You could try making it a named URL mapping instead

    name geo:"/geolocation" {
  view = "/geolocation/index"
}

    and then use

    <g:link elementId="btnSrcDest" mapping="geo" class="mapInfo" 
        params="[mapType: 'foo']">