Accessing global variable in view using context processor in Django

Assuming I have a context processor:

def title(request):
   return {'titles': 'mytitle'}

I can access this variable in template as {{ titles }}.

But how can I do so in a view?

def myview(request):
    print request.titles

doesn't seem to work - 'WSGIRequest' object has no attribute 'titles'

Or maybe there is a better approach (than context processors) to have global variables accessible in both views and templates?

Thanks in advance.

Solution

Context processors aren't in any way global variables. They are simply functions that are run when a RequestContext is initiated, which add items to that context. So they're only available wherever you have a RequestContext, ie in a template.

Your examples don't really give a good idea of what variables you're looking to access. If it's just some constants you want to use everywhere, a good way is to define them somewhere central, say in settings.py, and import that module wherever you need it - plus use a context processor to add them to the context.