Is there a list of default template variables in django?

Question

I noticed that the django templates already have certain variables passed to it without you having to send any data. For instance, the 'user' variable can be called without sending any 'user' data to the template when rendering.

Is there somewhere where I can find a list of these 'default variables'?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 03 '13 at 23:15

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The TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS setting contains the following values by default (in Django 1.6):

"django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
"django.core.context_processors.debug",
"django.core.context_processors.i18n",
"django.core.context_processors.media",
"django.core.context_processors.static",
"django.core.context_processors.tz",
"django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages"

The above is a list of context processors. A context processor is a function which can add more variables to the context which is passed to each template.

For example, the variable user is added by "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth".

answered Dec 03 '13 at 23:15

Simeon Visser

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Thanks, That helps a ton! I'm gonna look those up, but without looking those up, am I right to assume that I have some 'tags' from debug, media, static, and messages as default? (assuming they supply tags)? – Steven Rogers Dec 03 '13 at 23:20
@StevenRogers you need to read the documentation or otherwise the source code of those context processors. It's reasonable that the `auth` context processor adds the `user` variable but you'd still need to look that up. – Simeon Visser Dec 03 '13 at 23:21

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 04 '13 at 08:24

Django comes with a special Context class, django.template.RequestContext, that acts slightly differently than the normal django.template.Context. The first difference is that it takes an HttpRequest as its first argument. Go through the docs for more clearer Idea.

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/templates/api/#subclassing-context-requestcontext

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 31 '23 at 12:32

Now in Django 4.1, the default context processors and template variables are listed at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/templates/api/#context-processors

Just for a quick reference:

Context Processor	variables
django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth	user perms
django.template.context_processors.debug	debug sql_queries
django.template.context_processors.i18n	LANGUAGES LANGUAGE_BIDI LANGUAGE_CODE
django.template.context_processors.media	MEDIA_URL
django.template.context_processors.static	STATIC_URL
django.template.context_processors.csrf	csrf_token
django.template.context_processors.request	request
django.template.context_processors.tz	TIME_ZONE
django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages	messages DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LEVELS

Is there a list of default template variables in django?

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