#32628: Add extra data to autocomplete request
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Reporter: Seb G | Owner: nobody
Type: New feature | Status: closed
Component: contrib.admin | Version: 3.2
Severity: Normal | Resolution: wontfix
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by Mariusz Felisiak):
* type: Cleanup/optimization => New feature
* resolution: duplicate => wontfix
Comment:
> Thanks for both answers. However, I respectfully disagree with both of
them since both solutions are implemented back-end side and hence lack
flexibility for some scenario (including the ones I was opening this
ticket for).
>
> Simplest example: I want to dynamically add the value of another field
of the form as an extra GET parameter to the autocomplete, to implement
some sort of fields-coupling.
Agreed, there is a use case that is not covered by the current
implementation, however the Django Admin is not a
[https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/contrib/admin/#module-
django.contrib.admin universal tool for building an app]. You can always
override `autocomplete.js` in your project.
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