How to get logged username in template - django-templates

Question

I am using Django 1.8 with Python 3.4
I had no idea why my template doesn't show my username on template profile.html :/
profile.py
{% load staticfiles %}
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'accounts/css/style.css' %}" />
{% block content %}
<h2>My profile</h2>
<p>{{ request.user.username }}</p>
{% endblock %}
views.py
from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm, AuthenticationForm
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.core.context_processors import csrf
from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login
def login_view(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
username = request.POST['username']
password = request.POST['password']
user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
if user is not None:
if user.is_active:
login(request, user)
return HttpResponseRedirect('/accounts/profile')
else:
# Return a 'disabled account' error message
...
pass
else:
# Return an 'invalid login' error message.
pass
form = AuthenticationForm()
args = {}
args.update(csrf(request))
args['form']= AuthenticationForm()
return render_to_response('accounts/login.html', args)
def my_view(request):
username = request.POST['username']
password = request.POST['password']
user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
if user is not None:
print(request.user)
if user.is_active:
login(request, user)
return HttpResponseRedirect('/accounts/profile')
else:
# Return a 'disabled account' error message
...
else:
# Return an 'invalid login' error message.
...
def profile(request):
username = request.user.username
return render_to_response('accounts/profile.html', username)
def register_user(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = UserCreationForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect('/accounts/register_success')
args = {}
args.update(csrf(request))
args['form']= UserCreationForm()
return render_to_response('accounts/register_user.html', args)
def register_success(request):
return render_to_response('accounts/register_success.html')
What's the best way to get user information from a django template?

Answer 1

Add django.template.context_processors.request to context_processors options of TEMPLATE variable in your settings.py file :
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request', # add this line
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]