leaving off the =value part of the name=value pair will not prevent name from being included in your dictionary of GET query parameters. You should be able to use something like:
if "isthere" in request.params.keys(): # isthere is present else: # isthere is not present to check for it. On May 14, 2:35 pm, "astrid.thuec...@googlemail.com" <astrid.thuec...@googlemail.com> wrote: > hi, > > I just want to tell me appengine that something is there or not - thus > typically a boolean information. > > I want to tell the appengine by using an URL string that is either: > > http://example.appspot.com?propect=22&istherehttp://example.appspot.com?propect=22 > > &isthere shall communicate to the appengine this boolean information. > Is this the right way to do it or a breach of the specification of URL > formatting? > > I think normally it expect a '=value' after &isthere ? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---