django-context refers to the special django.template.Context class used for passing data from the view to the template
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Best practices for passing model names as strings
I have two different models that I would like to filter similarly by a common field name at different times, so i've written a single context function that handles both models by taking a string as an argument to use as the model name. Right now…

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why is context processor adding to every view in django?
I have created a context processor so that I have a variable passed to all of my templates.
My settings.py looks like this:
TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
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Passing django contexts between apps
So I'm fairly new to Django and am creating some simple websites. Right now I am trying to create a website that can be used to host some of my other apps. At the moment, the main site renders the navbar by passing a dictionary of names/urls to a…

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How to pass parameters to HttpResponseRequest elsewhere than in the url in Django
I'm trying to code a form in Django that redirect to itself, the display changing according to what you entered in the form. To do so, I retrieve the POST data in the backend and want to display a message this way: {% if message %} {{ message }} {%…

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Django: How can i get the url of a template by giving the namespace?
While i'm rendering a template i would like to retrieve the url of the template by giving the namespace value and not the path. For example instead of this:
return render(request, 'base/index.html', {'user':name})
i would like to be able to do the…

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How to implement a custom global login / logout feature in django
I am trying to implement a custom login / logout feature. My requirements are a little different than the in-built django log-in feature.
So, I have to implement this feature in a way where I can just put a value 0 / 1 in the database to check if…

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Django context processors and middleware
I'm trying to set a context variable in my custom context_processor which I craft using a request variable. The request variable I'm trying to use is set in my custom middleware. However I get the following error:
AttributeError: 'WSGIRequest'…

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Django - Extra context in django-registration activation email
I'm using django-registration for a project of mine.
I'd like to add some extra contextual data to the template used for email activation.
Looking into the register view source, I cannot figure out how to do it.
Any idea ?

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django automatically pass context to specific templates only
I have context in a dict:
### settings.py. ###
CONTEXT = {'a':'b'}
And two templates that use that context t1.html and t2.html:
### t1.html ###
{{ a }}
### t2.html ###
{{ a }}
Both are meant to be included inside many other templates as:
###…

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Joomla Session Variables
In Django there is a method called getContext, which retrieves session data, template vars, and everything in the correct "context".
I am now programming in Joomla, and making some components and for debugging I am looking for a way to see all the…

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django ajax context
How do I use upload_response below in my html/jquery to check if it is true or not, and display some text accordingly without going to a new page?
fileupload.py file:
template = loader.get_template('start_interview.html')
context = Context({…

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session variable or extra context?
I need to have a few variables accessible on almost every view. I think I can see how to do it either using a context processor and "extra context" values, or by using session variables. Are there advantages and disadvantages? Which approach…

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What is the simplest language which support template&context mechanism?
I need to find the easiest way to automatically build ebooks from downloaded articles.
I want to automatically generate TOC, which will be based on HTML template.
I know that python django has template & context mechanism, however django is a little…

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the dictionary defined in context processor doesn't refresh without page reload?
I created a custom context processor which returns "unread_messages_count".Now when I'm updating it on the template using:
var update_message_count = setInterval(function(){
$('a#check_messages').text('{{…

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