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Asked: 2026-05-10T20:25:47+00:00

In Django templates, is there a variable in the context (e.g. {{ BASE\_URL }}

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In Django templates, is there a variable in the context (e.g. {{ BASE\_URL }}, {{ ROOT\_URL }}, or {{ MEDIA\_URL }} that one can use to link to the home url of a project?

I.e. if Django is running in the root of a project, the variable (let’s call it R) {{ R }} in a template would be /. If the root url is a sub-folder http://host/X/ the variable {{ R }} would be /X/ (or http://host/X/).

It seems painfully simple, but I can’t find an answer. 🙂 Thank you!

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  1. You could give the URL configuration which you’re using to handle the home page a name and use that:

    urls.py:

    from django.conf.urls.defaults import *  urlpatterns = patterns('myproject.views',     url(r'^$', 'index', name='index'), )

    Templates:

    <a href='{% url index %}'>...

    UPDATE: Newer versions of Django require quotation marks around the name of the view:

    <a href='{% url 'index' %}'>...

    This note in the Django Book has some tips about deploying your applications to a subdirectory:

    http://www.djangobook.com/en/1.0/chapter20/#cn43

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