How do you insert a template into another template?

Question

I have a very basic template (basic_template.html), and want to fill in the with data formatted using another partial template. The basic_template.html might contain severa

Answer 1

You can do this using a block. Blocks are a Django Template tag which will override sections of a template you extend. I've included an example below.

basic_template.html

{% block 'body' %}
{% endblock %}

template you want to include: (i.e. example.html)

{% extends 'basic_template.html' %} 
{% block 'body' %}
/* HTML goes here */
{% endblock %}

views.py:

return render_to_response(template='example.html', context, context_instance)

Doing this will load basic_template.html, but replace everything inside of {% block 'body' %} {% endblock %} in basic_template.html with whatever is contained within {% block 'body' %} {% endblock %}.

You can read more about blocks and template inheritance in the Django Docs