I have template like this : <html> <body> You are logged as John Kowalski

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Asked: June 14, 20262026-06-14T11:20:17+00:00 2026-06-14T11:20:17+00:00

I have template like this :

<html>
<body>
You are logged as John Kowalski
</body>
</html>

I would like show first_name and last_name of user but this doesn’t work:

<html>
<body>
You are logged as {{ request.user.first_name }} {{ request.user.last_name }}
</body>
</html>

How can I get user object in template?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-14T11:20:19+00:00

You need to do a few things:

First, add the following to your settings:

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
    'django.core.context_processors.request', 
)

(You can add other context processors, but this is the relevant one.)

Second, in your views:

Import this:

from django.template import RequestContext

And in your views, return your templates like this:

return render_to_response('something.html', context_instance=RequestContext(request))

You can now access the request object in your template.

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