Include template displaying a form

Question

What I want to do is include a form from a separate template at the bottom of a given page, lets say; "example.com/listdataandform/".

The form-template "form.html" displays the form as it should when the view is included in the URLConf. So I can view with "example.com/form/"

What I have so far goes something like this:

{% extends "base/base.html" %}

{% block title %} page title {% endblock %}
{% block content %}
<h2>some "scene" data</h2>
<ul>
{% for scene in scenes %}
    <li>{{ scene.scene }} - {{ scene.date }}</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>

{% include "tasks/form.html"%}

{% endblock %}

The code inside "block content" works as it should, since it is defined with it's corresponding view for the url "example.com/listdataandform/".

{% include "tasks/form.html"%}: This only displays the submit button from form.html, as expected. I realize by only doing this: {% include "tasks/form.html"%}, the corresponding view method is never executed to provide the "form"-template with data.

Is there any way to this without having to define the view to a specific pattern in urls.py, so that the form can be used without going to the that specified URL..?

So I guess the more general question is; how to include templates and provide them with data generated from a view?

Thanks.

Answer 1

For occasions like this, where I have something that needs to be included on every (or almost every) page, I use a custom context processor, which I then add to the TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS in settings.py. You can add your form to the context by using this method.

Example: common.py (this goes in the same folder as settings.py)

from myapp.forms import MyForm

def context(request):
    c = {}
    c['myform'] = MyForm()

    return c

You can also do any processing required for the form here.

Then add it in your settings.py file: settings.py

.
.
TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
    '''
    All the processors that are already there
    '''
    "myproject.common.context",
)
.
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