Any way to make {% extends '…' %} conditional? - Django

Question

I would like to share a template between AJAX and regualr HTTP calls, the only difference is that one template needs to be served with the base.html html, the other one with

Answer 1

Use a variable.

{% extends base_template %}

and in your view, set it to "base.html" in your view, or a new "ajax.html" file which just provides the block and nothing else.

Answer 2

You can use {% extends variable %}

Pass a variable base template name in when you create the context in the view.

http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/builtins/?from=olddocs#extends

Answer 3

The other answers require you to pass an additional context variable. But as long as you can access the request object, there is no need:

{% extends request.is_ajax|yesno:"app/base_ajax.html,app/base.html" %}

I found this to be much more convenient.

Answer 4

{% extends override_base|default:'base.html' %}

P.s. I know this is an old question, but I found it when searching for an answer. Maybe it'll help someone else with the same problem.