[Explore] Save custom url parameters when user save slices

superset/assets/javascripts/explore/components/ExploreViewContainer.jsx

@@ -293,6 +293,13 @@ ExploreViewContainer.propTypes = propTypes;
 
 function mapStateToProps({ explore, charts, impressionId }) {
   const form_data = getFormDataFromControls(explore.controls);
+  // fill in additional params stored in form_data but not used by control
+  Object.keys(explore.rawFormData)
+    .forEach((key) => {
+      if (form_data[key] === undefined) {
+        form_data[key] = explore.rawFormData[key];
+      }
+    });
   const chartKey = Object.keys(charts)[0];
   const chart = charts[chartKey];
   return {

superset/assets/javascripts/explore/index.jsx

@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@ initJQueryAjax();
 const exploreViewContainer = document.getElementById('app');
 const bootstrapData = JSON.parse(exploreViewContainer.getAttribute('data-bootstrap'));
 const controls = getControlsState(bootstrapData, bootstrapData.form_data);
+const rawFormData = { ...bootstrapData.form_data };
 delete bootstrapData.form_data;
 delete bootstrapData.common.locale;
 delete bootstrapData.common.language_pack;
 
 // Initial state
 const bootstrappedState = Object.assign(
   bootstrapData, {
+    rawFormData,
     controls,
     filterColumnOpts: [],
     isDatasourceMetaLoading: false,

superset/assets/javascripts/explore/stores/store.js

@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ export function applyDefaultFormData(form_data) {
       formData[k] = form_data[k];
     }
   });
+  // fill in additional params stored in form_data but not used by control
+  Object.keys(form_data)
+    .forEach((key) => {
+      if (formData[key] === undefined) {
+        formData[key] = form_data[key];
+      }
+    });
   return formData;
 }
 

superset/jinja_context.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 import inspect
+import json
 import random
 import time
 import uuid
@@ -30,15 +31,21 @@
 
 
 def url_param(param, default=None):
-    """Get a url paramater
+    """Get a url or post data parameter
 
-    :param param: the url parameter to lookup
+    :param param: the parameter to lookup
     :type param: str
     :param default: the value to return in the absence of the parameter
     :type default: str
     """
-    print(request.args)
-    return request.args.get(param, default)
+    if request.args.get(param):
+        return request.args.get(param, default)
+    # Supporting POST as well as get
+    if request.form.get('form_data'):
+        form_data = json.loads(request.form.get('form_data'))
+        url_params = form_data['url_params'] or {}
+        return url_params.get(param, default)
+    return default
 
 
 def current_user_id():

superset/utils.py

@@ -835,6 +835,15 @@ def get_filter_key(f):
         del form_data['extra_filters']
 
 
+def merge_request_params(form_data, params):
+    url_params = {}
+    for key, value in params.items():
+        if key in ('form_data', 'r'):
+            continue
+        url_params[key] = value
+    form_data['url_params'] = url_params
+
+
 def get_update_perms_flag():
     val = os.environ.get('SUPERSET_UPDATE_PERMS')
     return val.lower() not in ('0', 'false', 'no') if val else True

superset/views/core.py

@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
 import superset.models.core as models
 from superset.models.sql_lab import Query
 from superset.sql_parse import SupersetQuery
-from superset.utils import has_access, merge_extra_filters, QueryStatus
+from superset.utils import (
+    has_access, merge_extra_filters, merge_request_params, QueryStatus,
+)
 from .base import (
     api, BaseSupersetView, CsvResponse, DeleteMixin,
     generate_download_headers, get_error_msg, get_user_roles,
@@ -1255,6 +1257,10 @@ def explore(self, datasource_type=None, datasource_id=None):
         # On explore, merge extra filters into the form data
         merge_extra_filters(form_data)
 
+        # merge request url params
+        if request.method == 'GET':
+            merge_request_params(form_data, request.args)
+
         # handle save or overwrite
         action = request.args.get('action')
 

tests/utils_tests.py

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 
 from superset.utils import (
     base_json_conv, datetime_f, json_int_dttm_ser, json_iso_dttm_ser,
-    JSONEncodedDict, memoized, merge_extra_filters, parse_human_timedelta,
+    JSONEncodedDict, memoized, merge_extra_filters, merge_request_params,
+    parse_human_timedelta,
     SupersetException, validate_json, zlib_compress, zlib_decompress_to_string,
 )
 
@@ -216,6 +217,20 @@ def test_merge_extra_filters_adds_unequal_lists(self):
         merge_extra_filters(form_data)
         self.assertEquals(form_data, expected)
 
+    def test_merge_request_params(self):
+        form_data = {
+            'since': '2000',
+            'until': 'now',
+        }
+        url_params = {
+            'form_data': form_data,
+            'dashboard_ids': '(1,2,3,4,5)',
+        }
+        merge_request_params(form_data, url_params)
+        self.assertIn('url_params', form_data.keys())
+        self.assertIn('dashboard_ids', form_data['url_params'])
+        self.assertNotIn('form_data', form_data.keys())
+
     def test_datetime_f(self):
         self.assertEquals(
             datetime_f(datetime(1990, 9, 21, 19, 11, 19, 626096)),