Accessing global variable in view using context processor in Django

Question

Assuming I have a context processor:

def title(request):
   return {\'titles\': \'mytitle\'}

I can access this variable in template as

Answer 1

If you need the data in your views, it's cleaner to use Middleware in conjunction with a Context Processor:

1. Create a trivial custom middleware to store some data on the request object, say at request.x (example). Now you can access this in your views directly.
2. Enable django.core.context_processors.request in your TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS to have request.x accessible from your templates.

See my related question: Django: How to provide context to all views (not templates)?