request.path in django template

Question

I try something like this:

{% if request.path == 'contact' %}
    <p>You are in Contact</p>
{% endif %}

{% if request.path == 'shop' %}
    <p>You are in Shop</p>
{% endif %}

Why does not that work?

Answer 1

By default Django's template processors are

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
    "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
    "django.core.context_processors.debug",
    "django.core.context_processors.i18n",
    "django.core.context_processors.media",
    "django.core.context_processors.static",
    "django.core.context_processors.tz",
    "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages"
)

( see documentation )

You need django.core.context_processors.request to use request in templates, so add it to that list in settings.py. If you don't have that variable there then set it.