[Django]-How get current user in a template tag?

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If you want to access the current user in a template tag, you must pass it as a parameter in the templates, like so:

{% my_template_tag user %}

Then make sure your template tag accepts this extra parameter. Check out the documentation on this topic. You should also check out simple tags.

👤msc

19👍

The user is always attached to the request, in your templates you can do the following:

{% if user.is_authenticated %}
{% endif %}

You don’t have to specify “request” to access its content

UPDATE:

Be aware: is_authenticated() always return True for logged user (User objects), but returns False for AnonymousUser (guest users). Read here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/contrib/auth/

👤daveoncode

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This question was already answered here:

{% if user.is_authenticated %}
    <p> Welcome '{{ user.username }}'</p>
{% else %}
    <a href="{% url django.contrib.auth.login %}">Login</a>
{% endif %}

and make sure you have the request template context processor installed in your settings.py:

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
...
'django.core.context_processors.request',
...
)

Note:

  • Use request.user.get_username() in views & user.get_username in
    templates. Preferred over referring username attribute directly.
    Source
  • This template context variable is available if a RequestContext is used.
  • django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth is enabled by default & contains the variable user
  • You do NOT need to enable django.core.context_processors.request template context processor.

Source : https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/default/#authentication-data-in-templates

👤pyjavo

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Suppose you have a profile page of every registered user, and you only want to show the edit link to the owner of the profile page (i.e., if the current user is accessing his/her profile page, the user can see the edit button, but the user can’t see the edit button on other user’s profile page.
In your html file:

<h2>Profile of {{ object.username }}</h2>
{% if object.username == user.username %}
    <a href="{% url 'profile_update' object.pk %}">Edit</a>
{% endif %}

Then your urls.py file should contain:

from django.urls import path
from .views import ProfileUpdateView
urlpatterns = [
    ...
    path('<int:pk>/profile/update', ProfileUpdateView.as_view(), name = 'profile_update'),
    ...
]

considering you have appropriate ProfileUpdateView and appropriate model

👤PhysicistSouravDas

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