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I'm trying to pass some variables from the child page to the template. This is my python code:
if self.request.url.find("&try") == 1:
isTrying = False
else:
isTrying = True
page_values = {
"trying": isTrying
}
page = jinja_environment.get_template("p/index.html")
self.response.out.write(page.render(page_values))
The template:
<html>
<head>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/css/template.css"></link>
<title>{{ title }} | SST QA</title>
<script src="/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
{% block head %}{% endblock head %}
</head>
<body>
{% if not trying %}
<script type="text/javascript">
// Redirects user to maintainence page
window.location.href = "construct"
</script>
{% endif %}
{% block content %}{% endblock content %}
</body>
</html>
and the child:
{% extends "/templates/template.html" %}
{% set title = "Welcome" %}
{% block head %}
{% endblock head %}
{% block content %}
{% endblock content %}
The problem is, I want to pass the variable "trying" into the parent, is there a way to do this?
Thanks in advance!
618
The example on the Jinja2 Tips and Tricks page explains this perfectly, http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/templates/#base-template. Essentially, if you have a base template
**base.html**
<html>
<head>
<title> MegaCorp -{% block title %}{% endblock %}</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="content">{% block content %}{% endblock %}</div>
</body>
</html>
and a child template
**child.html**
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block title %} Home page {% endblock %}
{% block content %}
... stuff here
{% endblock %}
whatever python function calls render_template("child.html") will return the html page
**Rendered Page**
<html>
<head>
<title> MegaCorp - Home page </title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="content">
stuff here...
</div>
</body>
</html>
I think that you are looking to highlight active menus in the base layout and you need something like this
{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% set active = "clients" %}
then use can use "active" inside base.html
7
You just need to declare that variable before extending the template, so the extended template will have access to to the variable trying
{% set trying = True %} <----------- declare variable
{% extends "/templates/template.html" %}
{% set title = "Welcome" %}
{% block head %}
{% endblock head %}
{% block content %}
{% endblock content %}
Few years later but hoping it may help latecomers
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