title: handle '&' in url parameter DJANGO
body: <p>I am creating an api in django in which I have a parameter (state_name) and the value of state_name can include '&amp;' in its value which is causing certain problems ?</p>
  
  <p>For example if my url is like </p>
  
  <pre><code>http://localhost:8080/api?state_name=jammu&amp;kashmir&amp;value=2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>so in the above example when i try to fetch the values from the url it takes the value of state_name only 'jammu' and treats kashmir as a parameter?</p>
  
  <p>What can i do to resolve this issue in django ?</p>