request variable not being returned in the Django shortcut function render

Question

The following in part of my view file

def user_detail(request, username,
    template_name='auth/user_detail.html', extra_context=None):
    context = {
        'user': shortcuts.get_object_or_404(User, username=username)
    }
    context.update(extra_context or {})
    return shortcuts.render(request, template_name, context)

and a part of my template is

 <ul class="nav">
    {% if request.user.username != 'steve' %}
    <li>
        <a href="{% url 'user_detail' 'steve' %}">Steve</a>
    </li>
    {% endif %}
    {% if request.user.username != 'james' %}
    <li>
        <a href="{% url 'user_detail' 'james' %}">James</a>
    </li>
    {% endif %}
</ul>

However even If I login using either of these users, I still get this link displayed. This is because I am checking request.user.username and the request variable is not being passed to the template by the render function.

If I directly refer as user.username then it is fine, but that is not how I want to solve this problem because there are other similar views which return this request variable that I have to use.

This is all a part of yourlabs fork of django-subscription. I have not used the render shortcut before so I do not know why I am getting this error.

Any help will be be deeply appreciated.

Daniel Roseman · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-24 22:00:16Z

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All render does is ensure that the templates are rendered with a RequestContext. This, in turn, just means that the context processors are run.

The request context processor is not enabled by default. You have to add it to settings.CONTEXT_PROCESSORS yourself if you need. However, in your case you don't actually need it, because you're just interested in the user - and the auth processor provides this as the user variable.

So, to summarise, change request.user to just user and all will be well.

answered Dec 24, 2011 at 22:00

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Sachin Over a year ago

Thanks for the info.... But as I have written above this is just a particular example... I know I can access the user directly but I need to access this request context processor in other templates as well. Thanks a lot for the help.

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