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What you want is a context processor, and it’s very easy to create one. Assuming you have an app named custom_app
, follow the next steps:
- Add
custom_app
toINSTALLED_APPS
insettings.py
(you’ve done it already, right?); - Create a
context_processors.py
intocustom_app
folder; -
Add the following code to that new file:
def categories_processor(request): categories = Category.objects.all() return {'categories': categories}
-
Add
context_processors.py
toTEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS
insettings.py
TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS += ("custom_app.context_processors.categories_processor", )
And now you can use {{categories}}
in all the templates 😀
As of Django 1.8
To add a TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS
, in the settings you must add the next code:
TEMPLATES[0]['OPTIONS']['context_processors'].append("custom_app.context_processors.categories_processor")
Or include that string directly in the OPTIONS.context_processors
key in your TEMPLATES
setting.
Source:stackexchange.com