Is it possible automatically include user to all templates?

Question

I have project in Django 1.3. In order to show username in all pages I use such tags in base.html

{% if user.is_authenticated %}
    <p>Welcome, {{ user.username }}.  
    <a href="/proc/accounts/logout/">loggout</a></p>
{% else %}
    <a href="/proc/accounts/login/">loggin</a>
{% endif %}

But if I dont return context_instance=RequestContext(request) from view value of user in template is empty. The 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth' is included to TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS.

Is it possible automaticaly include user to all templates?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 04 '11 at 12:37

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You've given the answer yourself. As long as you use a RequestContext, it will be included in all templates.

If you really find that too much work, you could use the (new in 1.3) TemplateResponse class.

answered May 04 '11 at 12:37

Daniel Roseman

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 04 '11 at 13:40

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since django 1.3. use shortcuts.render function and dont warry about requestcontext including to your views

answered May 04 '11 at 13:40

oleg.vodopyan

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered May 04 '11 at 12:44

Or simply create a context processor. See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/api/#writing-your-own-context-processors

Put this in context_processor.py

def root_categories(request):
    return {
        'user': request.user,
    }

in settings.py add the context processor.

now in your template try: {{ user }}

Is it possible automatically include user to all templates?

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