Don't include blank fields in GET request emitted by Django form -

on django-powered site, have search page several optional fields. search page django form, , view function typical:

def search(request):     form = searchform(request.get or none)     if form.is_valid():         return form.display_results(request)      return render(request, 'search.html', {'form': form}) 

form.display_results() uses fields provided query db , render response. search.html includes:

<form action="/search/" method="get">{% csrf_token %}     <!-- render form fields -->     <input type="submit" value="search" />     <input type="reset" value="reset form" /> </form> 

since searches have several blank fields, i'd not include them in request emitted submit button on search.html. current searches like:

http://mysite/search/?csrfmiddlewaretoken=blah&optional_field1=&optional_field2=&optional_field3=oohiwantthisone 

and i'd them like:

http://mysite/search/?csrfmiddlewaretoken=blah&optional_field3=oohiwantthisone 

of course, have several more fields. nice have because make search urls more human-parsable , sharable.

you use jquery button trigger. give form , submit button ids.

$("#button_id").click(function(){     $("input").each(function(){         if($(this).val() == '') {             $(this).remove();         }     });     $("#form_id").submit(); }); 

that (or similar) should remove empty fields before submit.