Get the current logged user in the template

[tcosta84]

I'm trying to get the current user object in my templates after successfully logging in with Twitter but it's not working.

Here's what I'm trying to do in my templates:

Welcome, {{ request.user.first_name }}

I already have the "django.core.context_processors.request" on TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS. I have already tested with no success putting it before and after:
'social.apps.django_app.context_processors.backends',
'social.apps.django_app.context_processors.login_redirect',

Am I doing something wrong?

[tcosta84]

It happens you don't need to use "django.core.context_processors.request" to achieve that. The issue was that I was using "render_to_response" instead of "render".

And in your template you want to use:

{{ user.first_name }}

instead of

{{ request.user.first_name }}

[tcosta84]

It happens you don't need to use "django.core.context_processors.request" to achieve that. The issue was that I was using "render_to_response" instead of "render".

And in your template you want to use:

{{ user.first_name }}

instead of

{{ request.user.first_name }}