Django DetailView – how to use 'request' in get_context_data
Question:
I am trying to modify context data, so I overrided get_context_data
. I need the request
variable to modify this context. So how can I get the request
variable in get_context-data
?
Answers:
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.
I am trying to modify context data, so I overrided get_context_data
. I need the request
variable to modify this context. So how can I get the request
variable in get_context-data
?
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.