How to access RequestContext in class-based generic views?

Question

I have this path in my urls.py:

archive_index_dict = {
    'queryset': News.objects.filter(show=True),
    'date_field': 'date',
    'template_object_name': 'object_list',
}

...

url(r'^$', 'django.views.generic.date_based.archive_index',
        archive_index_dict, name='news_archive_index'
    ),

Now I want to detect in template if a page is current (this is for menu styling). Neither {{ request.path }} nor {{ request.get_full_path }} work in template.

What should I use instead?

SOLUTION

To get request available in templates I had to add django.core.context_processors.request to TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS. This is not set by default (since django 1.3).

Deadbeat

Do you have django....request context processor set up? Almost all CBV use RequestContext by default – Ostosis

OMG, of course not! :) Thank you for the hint, I've added 'django.core.context_processors.request' in settings and request is available in templates now. BTW, you could post your comment as answer and I'd vote for it. – Deadbeat

Answer 1

Do you have 'django.core.context_processors.request' context processor set up? Almost all CBV use RequestContext by default

Ostosis

Could you add a reference? Like a link to docs/source where this is mentioned? – Modulate

I think the question here was actually about the template context, independent of the view used. Sorry for the confusion. – Ostosis

I dug deep into the code, and it seems CBVs don't actually make the context object; they do however use the Template class, which uses make_context function that does (if it's passed a request) – Modulate