The sample application contains an extension application that provides a few helper functions over and above the base Django + App Engine API's and defaults.
You can find th source code for the reqfilter extension in the reqfilter directory.
Default Context Variables
There are a number of variables which are defined by default and made available for you use use in your template pages.
| Variable |
Purpose |
| {{elapsed}} | A string that displays the number of seconds that has elapsed since the server started processsing the request. |
| {{now}} |
The time of the request. This can be formatted using Django filters like {{ date|date:"D d M Y" }} |
| {{host}} |
The prefix of the host header - like "http://myapp.appspot.com/" |
| {{request}} |
The Django request object - this is a back door in case you need to access variables available directly in the request. |
| {{app_version}} |
The fully qualified version for your application. On the devserver this is just the version string from apps.yaml. On the server, this is |
{{csrf}}
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| {{user}} | | | {{is_admin}} | | | {{is_debug}} | | | {{site_name}} | | | {{site_domain}} | | | {{site_title}} | | | {{site_tagline}} | | | {{site_admin}} | | | {{admins}} | | | {{site_creator}} | | | {{twitter_user}} | | | {{analytics_code}} | |
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