Different behaviors between two GET request methods in Django Ninja TestClient

[virgil724]

Issue Description

I've encountered different test results when using these two GET request approaches with Django Ninja TestClient:

self.client = TestClient(router)

# Method 1: Using URL query string
response = self.client.get(f"/draw_winner?prize={self.prize.id}")

# Method 2: Using data parameter
response = self.client.get("/draw_winner", data={"prize": self.prize.id})

While these two methods appear to construct the same HTTP GET request, they produce different test results.

Questions

What are the underlying implementation differences between these two approaches?
Why do they lead to different test results?
In which scenarios should each approach be preferred?

Environment

Django Ninja Test Client
Python version: 3.12
Django Ninja version: 1.3.0
Django version: 5.1.1

Code Example

@router.get(
    "/draw_winner", response={200: WinnerRecordSchema, 400: Message}, tags=["winner"]
)
def draw_winner(request, prize: int = None, filters: EmployeeFilterSchema = Query(...)):
  print(prize)
self.client = TestClient(router)

# Test example
response = self.client.get(f"/draw_winner?prize={self.prize.id}")
# Will Print Out self.prize.id

response = self.client.get("/draw_winner", data={"prize": self.prize.id})
# Will Print out None

If you've encountered similar issues or understand the differences between these approaches, please share your insights and experiences.
Would you like me to modify or add anything to make the issue clearer?

[vitalik]

Hi @virgil724
yeah indeed there is a confusion - data is only used for POST request (basically populating request.POST )

I guess it's better make it better compatibility with standard django test client by adding query_params argument