How to store Global variable in Django view

Question

In Django views, is it possible to create a global / session variable and assign some value (say, sent through an Ajax call) in a view and make use of it in another view?

The scenario I'm trying to implement will be something like:

View view1 gets some variable data sent thru' Ajax call:

def view1(request):
    my_global_value = request.GET.get("data1", '') # Storing data globally

Then, the stored variable is used in another view, view2:

def view2(request):
    my_int_value = my_global_value # Using the global variable

Answer 1

Create a variable in the views.py (outside of a function) like this preferably using all CAPS

GLOBAL_VAR_X = ''    # Global var

Then pass the value to be stored to the global like this:

def view1(request):
    # Using "global" to declare it in the function where data is being received and to be passed
    global GLOBAL_VAR_X
    GLOBAL_VAR_X = request.GET.get("data1", '') # Storing data globally

Then, the stored variable is used in another view

def view2(request):
    my_int_value = GLOBAL_VAR_X # Using the data stored in the global variable "GLOBAL_VAR_X"
    print(str(my_int_value))    # Will print the value in the terminal