How to get getting base_url in django template

Question

Given a website, how would you get the HOST of that in a django template, without passing that var from the view?

http://google.com/hello --> {{ BASE_URL }} ==> 'http://google.com'

Answer 1

This has been answered extensively in the following post

There are several ways of doing it:

1. As david542 described **
2. Using {{ request.get_host }} in your template **
3. Using the contrib.sites framework

** Please note these can be spoofed