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How to use Django's request object in get_context_data method?

I'm trying to modify context data, so I overridden get_context_data. I need the request variable to modify this context.

How can I get the request variable in get_context-data method?

Solution

  • You have access to the request in self.request - the third paragraph here explains a little more.

    EDIT: The text referred to, in case it changes:

    The key part to making this work is that when class-based views are called, various useful things are stored on self; as well as the request (self.request) this includes the positional (self.args) and name-based (self.kwargs) arguments captured according to the URLconf.