[FIXED] How to change template names in django listview according to url request?

Issue

I have 2 templates to render one listview and I am choosing the template according to the request url given by the user. I know that, I can add 2 classes for 2 templates on 2 seperate urls respectively. For example

class MyListView1(generic.ListView):
     template_name = 'myapp/list_one.html'
     .....
     .....

class MyListView2(generic.ListView):
     template_name = 'myapp/list_two.html'
     .....
     .....

But is there a way if I could check the url request inside one class and render the template according to it inside one listview class ? something like

class MyListView(generic.ListView):

   if request.path == '/list1'
         template_name = 'myapp/list_one.html'
   if request.path == '/list2'
         template_name = 'myapp/list_two.html'

I know this is not a valid code but just to visualise

Solution

Whenever you want to do something dynamic in a generic view, it needs to be in a method. This page shows the methods available for ListViews, and you can see that it includes get_template_names() which should do exactly what you want.

An alternative though would be to have two separate view classes, each defining their own template name, that inherit from a common base class which defines the rest of the shared functionality.

Answered By - Daniel Roseman