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diff --git a/docs/templates_python.txt b/docs/templates_python.txt index bc05d769ad..39e5b9d91a 100644 --- a/docs/templates_python.txt +++ b/docs/templates_python.txt @@ -366,6 +366,18 @@ If ``TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS`` contains this processor, every `HttpRequest object`_. Note that this processor is not enabled by default; you'll have to activate it. +Writing your own context processors +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +A context processor has a very simple interface: It's just a Python function +that takes one argument, an ``HttpRequest`` object, and returns a dictionary +that gets added to the template context. Each context processor *must* return +a dictionary. + +Custom context processors can live anywhere in your code base. All Django cares +about is that your custom context processors are pointed-to by your +``TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS`` setting. + Loading templates ----------------- |