Question

If some template requests from generic views I can get {{ user }} and it will be an object of authenticated user (e.g. me).

But if I work without generic views, with usual views {{ user }} does not return my object.

Why???

Thanks.

Answer 1

Because you haven’t included it in your template render context.

You need to use something like:

def my_view(request, …):
    …
    return render_to_response("my_template.html", {
        …,
        "user": request.user,
    })