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ContextMixinLink to this heading#

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A dictionary to include in the context. This is a convenient way of\nspecifying some context in\nas_view(). Example usage:

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from django.views.generic import TemplateView\nTemplateView.as_view(extra_context={'title': 'Custom Title'})\n
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Returns a dictionary representing the template context. The keyword\narguments provided will make up the returned context. Example usage:

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def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):\n    context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)\n    context['number'] = random.randrange(1, 100)\n    return context\n
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The template context of all class-based generic views include a\nview variable that points to the View instance.

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TemplateResponseMixinLink to this heading#

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Provides a mechanism to construct a\nTemplateResponse, given\nsuitable context. The template to use is configurable and can be\nfurther customized by subclasses.

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The full name of a template to use as defined by a string. Not defining\na template_name will raise a\ndjango.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured exception.

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The NAME of a template engine to use for\nloading the template. template_engine is passed as the using\nkeyword argument to response_class. Default is None, which\ntells Django to search for the template in all configured engines.

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The response class to be returned by render_to_response method.\nDefault is TemplateResponse. The template and context\nof TemplateResponse instances can be altered later (e.g. in\ntemplate response middleware).

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If you need custom template loading or custom context object\ninstantiation, create a TemplateResponse subclass and assign it to\nresponse_class.

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The content type to use for the response. content_type is passed\nas a keyword argument to response_class. Default is None –\nmeaning that Django uses 'text/html'.

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Returns a self.response_class instance.

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If any keyword arguments are provided, they will be passed to the\nconstructor of the response class.

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Calls get_template_names() to obtain the list of template names\nthat will be searched looking for an existent template.

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Returns a list of template names to search for when rendering the\ntemplate. The first template that is found will be used.

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The default implementation will return a list containing\ntemplate_name (if it is specified).

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