Example of creating template objects in Django

The following article demonstrates an Example of creating template objects in Django.

In Django, a template object is created by compiling a text template into an instance of the Template class. The following code shows an example of how to create a template object in Django.

Create a new Django app inside your project:

python manage.py startapp myapp

Then, create a new file called “my_template.html” inside your app’s “templates” directory, and add the following HTML code.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>{{ page_title }}</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>{{ page_heading }}</h1>
    <p>{{ page_content }}</p>
</body>
</html>

This is a simple HTML template with three placeholders for dynamic content: page_title, page_heading, and page_content.

Open the “views.py” file inside your app’s directory, and add the following code.

from django.template import loader
from django.http import HttpResponse

def my_view(request):
    context = {
        'page_title': 'My Page Title',
        'page_heading': 'Welcome to my page',
        'page_content': 'This is some example content',
    }
    template = loader.get_template('my_template.html')
    output = template.render(context, request)
    return HttpResponse(output)

This defines a new view named “my_view” that creates a context dictionary with values for the three placeholders in the template. It then loads the template using the loader.get_template() method, and renders the template using the template.render() method, passing in the context dictionary and the request object.

Finally, add a URL pattern for your new view in your project’s “urls.py” file.

from django.urls import path
from myapp.views import my_view

urlpatterns = [
    path('my-template/', my_view, name='my_template'),
]

This maps the URL “/my-template/” to your new view.

Now you can run your Django development server and visit the URL “/my-template/” to see your template in action! The placeholders in the template will be replaced with the values from the context dictionary, and the resulting HTML will be sent to the user’s browser.

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