Question

Django template not loading from DB

I’m in the process of changing the templates to a new design. During this process, the category list stopped loading.

“category_list takes 2 arguments”

In the html file, “category_list” is being loaded with:

{% category_list request.path %}

Can someone explain what it means by “takes 2 arguments” in this situation?

Edit:
Here is the custom template tag:

def category_list(request_path):
    list_cache_key = 'active_category_link_list'
    active_categories = cache.get(list_cache_key)
    if not active_categories:
        active_categories = Category.active.all()
        cache.set(list_cache_key, active_categories, CACHE_TIMEOUT)
    return {
        'active_categories': active_categories,
        'request_path': request_path
    }

Answer 1

category_list must be a Django custom template tag that takes two arguments.

In your current template syntax your first argument is request.path. Look in your code for the definition of function category_list and check what arguments it should receive and add the second argument.