CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythondjango
Wizard
Wizard

Reputation: 22113

The `get_context_data` of attribute of class object

The get_context_data of attribute of class object.

I encounter PasswordContextMixin in django/contrib/auth/views.py

class PasswordContextMixin:
    extra_context = None

    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
        context.update({
            'title': self.title,
            **(self.extra_context or {})
        })
        return context

I am confused with context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs), because it equals to context = object.get_context_data(**kwargs)

 In [15]: getattr(object, 'get_context_data')
AttributeError: type object 'object' has no attribute 'get_context_data'

How to understand this?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 522

Answers (1)

Daniel Roseman
Daniel Roseman

Reputation: 599926

As the name says, this class is a mixin. It is intended to be used with a view class, specifically a subclass of TemplateView, which will define get_context_data.

Upvotes: 5

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