passing a variable to all templates from views.py in django

Question

is that possible in django to pass a variable from views.py to all html templates.

for example: i have a variable "baseURL" it will be used in all templates. the reason is "baseURL" keeps on changing and if i change this in one place it should be reflected in all the places

Answer 1

This is what context processors are for.

def base_url(request):
    return {'base_url': settings.BASE_URL}

and add path.to.module.base_url to the TEMPLATES context_processors list in your settings; now you can do {{ base_url }} in any template.

Answer 2

from django.shortcuts import render

def search_isbn(request):
    var = 0
    if request.method == 'POST':
        var = 500
    return render('results.html', {'var':var})