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the_unknown_spirit

Reputation: 2586

add variables in settings to be used in views - Django

def get(self , request , format=None):
    body = request.data
    name = body.get('name',"The_Flash")

In this instance I have hardcoded the value The_Flash if the request.data receives no value for name , but I know this is not a sound way. I want this to be added as a variable in the settings.py file of my django project. I went through references from SO like this and few others but this is not what I want. Can someone tell me which is the most robust way of doing this. I am using Django 1.8.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3579

Answers (3)

Walk
Walk

Reputation: 1649

In views.py file:

from django.conf import settings
settings.Variable_Name

Upvotes: 0

Ben
Ben

Reputation: 6777

We tend to store settings variables in a module in the app called app_settings.py, and use this to set defaults for settings and allow the user to override them in Django's settings.py:

# app_settings.py
from django.conf import settings

MY_SETTING = getattr(settings, 'APP_NAME_MY_SETTING', 'the_default_value')

Then import this in your views and use it:

# views.py
from app_settings import MY_SETTING

And users can override it in their project settings:

# project's settings.py
APP_NAME_MY_SETTING = 'something else'

This allows you to change it per deployment, etc.

Upvotes: 6

jithin
jithin

Reputation: 1482

You can store constants in a seperate file and import it into your project

folder/

appconfigurations.py
views.py

appconfigurations.py

YOUR_CONSTANT = "constant_value"

views.py

from appconfigurations import *

def your_view(request):
    constant = YOUR_CONSTANT

Upvotes: 1

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