How to get query parameters from Django Channels?

Question

I need to access the query parameter dict from Django Channels.

The url may look like this: ws://127.0.0.1:8000/?hello="world"

How do I retrieve 'world' like this: query_params["hello"]?

Answer 1

On a websocket connect the message.content dictionary contains the query_string.

import urlparse
def ws_connect(message):
    params = urlparse.parse_qs(message.content['query_string'])
    hello = params.get('hello', (None,))[0]

The getting started documentation (http://channels.readthedocs.io/en/stable/getting-started.html) implies the query_string is included as part of the message.content path, but it doesn't appear to be the case.

Below is a working consumer.py for the chat application sample where the room is passed in the query string:

import urlparse
from channels import Group
from channels.sessions import channel_session

@channel_session
def ws_message(message):
    room = message.channel_session['room']
    Group("chat-{0}".format(room)).send({"text": "[{1}] {0}".format(message.content['text'], room)})

@channel_session
def ws_connect(message):
    message.reply_channel.send({"accept": True})
    params = urlparse.parse_qs(message.content['query_string'])
    room = params.get('room',('Not Supplied',))[0]
    message.channel_session['room'] = room
    Group("chat-{0}".format(room)).add(message.reply_channel)

@channel_session
def ws_disconnect(message):
    room = message.channel_session['room']
    Group("chat-{0}".format(room)).discard(message.reply_channel)