Where is template context processor in Django 1.5?

Question

Is it supposed to be listed in Settings.py automatically or do I have to add it? I am having a ridiculously hard time serving up an image file in development and the docs a

Answer 1

In your settings.py you can define TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS setting.

However, django has defined default values for this setting which is

("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")

If you want to add your custom template context processor which maintaining the default processors, you can do following in settings.py

import django.conf.global_settings as DEFAULT_SETTINGS

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = DEFAULT_SETTINGS.TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS + (
    'custom_context_processors.my_context_processor',
)

Refer TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS doc.

Answer 2

You can check what context processors your app is using by jumping into the django python shell and importing your settings.

$ manage.py shell
> from django.conf import settings
> settings.TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS

If you have not overridden them then the defaults should be rendered.

On static files, check your STATICFILES_DIRS which is where django's development server will look to serve static assets: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#std:setting-STATICFILES_DIRS.

I use this in my settings.py:

from os.path import join, abspath
PROJECT_ROOT = abspath(join(dirname(__file__), '..', '..'))
STATICFILES_DIRS = [join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'public'), ]

This won't be the same for you as it will depend on how you layout your project.