Flask + Jinja: Pass Data to a Base Template/All Templates
FlaskJinja2Flask Problem Overview
I have a method that returns data which is needed in my base template (content for a global footer).
How do either (1) pass a variable into the base template (which other templates extend) or (2) pass a variable to all templates globally without explicitly adding it in a call to render_template
?
Flask Solutions
Solution 1 - Flask
From flask docs: [Flask's Context Processors][1]
> To inject new variables automatically into the context of a template, > context processors exist in Flask. Context processors run before the > template is rendered and have the ability to inject new values into > the template context. A context processor is a function that returns a > dictionary. The keys and values of this dictionary are then merged > with the template context, for all templates in the app:
Example from docs:
@app.context_processor
def inject_user():
return dict(user=g.user)
Note that this example uses the g
variable, which is already accessible in templates.
[1]: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/templating/#context-processors