How to get getting base_url in django template

Question

Given a website, how would you get the HOST of that in a django template, without passing that var from the view?

http://google.com/hello --> {{ BASE_URL }} ==> 'http://google.com'

Elwin · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-29T08:50:37.730

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This has been answered extensively in the following post

There are several ways of doing it:

As david542 described **
Using {{ request.get_host }} in your template **
Using the contrib.sites framework

** Please note these can be spoofed

edited Apr 29 '22 at 08:50

answered Feb 19 '15 at 21:39

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thanks for the comprehensive answer/options. Could you please add a bit on 'how' the first two can be spoofed? – David542 Feb 19 '15 at 21:49
The first two depend on the request meta data, which essentially is coming from a browser. This can be fixed with the allowed hosts setting, on which more info can be found here https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts – Elwin Feb 19 '15 at 22:03
Without `()` in django templates, i. e. `{{ request.get_host }}`. – Jens-Erik Weber Apr 27 '22 at 22:06

jdeanwallace · Answer 2 · 2021-07-07T12:51:20.773

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None of these other answers take scheme into account. This is what worked for me:

{{ request.scheme }}://{{ request.get_host }}

edited Jul 07 '21 at 12:51

answered Jun 11 '20 at 15:55

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score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 07 '21 at 08:21

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URL: google.com/hello

In Template:

{{ request.get_full_path() }}
return /hello

OR

{{ request.get_host() }}
return google.com

In view:

from django.contrib.sites.shortcuts import get_current_site

def home(request):
    get_current_site(request)
    # google.com

    # OR
    request.get_host()
    # google.com

    # OR
    request.get_full_path()
    # /hello

edited Jul 07 '21 at 08:21

Olivier 'Ölbaum' Scherler

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answered Jun 04 '20 at 09:04

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Without `()` in django templates, i. e. `{{ request.get_host }}` for the base url. – Jens-Erik Weber Apr 27 '22 at 22:05

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 19 '15 at 21:33

You can get the request object in your template by adding in the following TEMPLECT_CONTEXT_PROCESSOR middleware in your settings:

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
    'django.core.context_processors.request',
)

Here is some documentation on it. Then you can call in your template:

{{ request.META.HTTP_NAME }}

And that will give you the base url.

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 07 '21 at 08:17

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In your template to get base url

{{ request.get_host() }}

edited Jul 07 '21 at 08:17

Olivier 'Ölbaum' Scherler

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answered Apr 22 '20 at 06:18

Aishwarya kabadi

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How to get getting base_url in django template

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