How to use raw python code in a Django template?

Question

In smarty templates you can use raw PHP code in a template by placing it within the "literal" template tag:

{literal}

echo 'hello world';

{/literal}

How can you use raw python code in a Django template?

Answer 1

You can't, that's why you have to create custom template tag which runs the functionality. Here's more information on how to do that:

http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/custom-template-tags/