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Variables you have provided in your view context can be accessed using double-brace notation: In your views.py: class UserView(TemplateView): """ Supply the request user object to the template """ template_name = "user.html" def get_context_data...

You can pass data to a template in a custom variable. In your views.py: from django.views.generic import TemplateView from MyProject.myapp.models import Item class ItemView(TemplateView): template_name = "item.html" def items(self): """ Get all Ite...

You can use a template in a function based view as follows: from django.shortcuts import render def view(request): return render(request, "template.html") If you want to use template variables, you can do so as follows: from django.shortcuts import render def view(request):...

The Django template system has built-in tags and filters, which are functions inside template to render content in a specific way. Multiple filters can be specified with pipes and filters can have arguments, just as in variable syntax. {{ "MAINROAD 3222"|lower }} # mainroad 3222 {{ 10...

When an object is exposed to the template context, its arguments-less methods are available. This is useful when these functions are "getters". But it can be hazardeous if these methods alter some data or have some side effects. Eventhough you likely trust the template writer, he may not b...

summary {% extends %}: this declares the template given as an argument as the current template's parent. Usage: {% extends 'parent_template.html' %}. {% block %}{% endblock %}: This is used to define sections in your templates, so that if another template extends this one, it'll be able to...