Do I need to make a custom storage or custom template to handle query
strings in static file URLs or endpoints?
Using the new static template in Django>=1.4 works fine for simple
endpoints and URLs
For example, the following works fine:
{% load staticfiles %}
<!-- Bootstrap -->
<link href="{% static 'bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css' %}" rel=
"stylesheet">
<!-- Optional theme -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static
'bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css' %}">
<!-- jQuery (necessary for Bootstrap's JavaScript plugins) -->
<script src="{% static 'jquery/jquery-1.11.1.min.js' %}"></script>
<!-- Include all compiled plugins (below), or include individual files as
needed -->
<script src="{% static 'bootstrap/3.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js' %}"></script>
However if the ULR or endpoint of the static argument contains a query
string then it gets URLencoded and then the query doesn't work.
For example, this doesn't work:
{% load staticfiles %}
<script src="{% static 'mathjax/2.4/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS_HTML' %}"
type="text/javascript"></script>
because the "?" turns into "%3" and the "=" turns into "%3D" and then the js
doesn't run.
BTW: I know that there is a MathJax Django extension
(https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-mathjax/0.0.5) but I want to understand
how to correctly handle this issue for any URL.
I have seen examples for installing custom storage for s3 which appends the
signature to the static URL
(https://django-storages.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html) but AFAICT this
topic wasn't addressed in the main Django documentation.
Is the answer as simple as subclassing StaticFilesStorage
(https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/contrib/staticfiles/#staticfiles-storages)
and overloading the Storage.url() method?
Or is a better path to do what the mathjax django extension does and make a
totally different template?
Or am I using the wrong static template? IE {% load static %} instead of {%
load staticfiles %}?
Is there any harm in using {{ STATIC_URL }} instead of the newer static
template {% get_static_prefix %}?
Thanks!
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