Snippet

Using Context Processors for Global Data

Context processors are functions that return a dictionary to be added to the template context for every single request.

snippet.py

python

def site_settings(request):
    return {
        'site_name': 'My Code Portal',
        'is_maintenance': False
    }

django

Breakdown

def site_settings(request):

The function must accept a request object as its only argument.

return { ... }

Returns a dictionary of variables that will be globally available in all templates.