Requestcontext and context processors
When rendering a template, you need a context. This can be an instance of django.template.Context, but Django also comes with a subclass, django.template.RequestContext, that acts slightly differently.
RequestContext adds a bunch of variables to your template context by default-things like the HttpRequest object or information about the currently logged-in user.
The render() shortcut creates a RequestContext unless it's passed a different context instance explicitly. For example, consider these two views:
from django.template import loader, Context def view_1(request): # ... t = loader.get_template('template1.html') c = Context({ 'app': 'My app', 'user': request.user, 'ip_address': request.META['REMOTE_ADDR'], ...Get Mastering Django: Core now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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