Deprecated current_app in TemplateResponse and render(_to_response).

django/contrib/admin/actions.py

@@ -76,11 +76,13 @@ def delete_selected(modeladmin, request, queryset):
         action_checkbox_name=helpers.ACTION_CHECKBOX_NAME,
     )
 
+    request.current_app = modeladmin.admin_site.name
+
     # Display the confirmation page
     return TemplateResponse(request, modeladmin.delete_selected_confirmation_template or [
         "admin/%s/%s/delete_selected_confirmation.html" % (app_label, opts.model_name),
         "admin/%s/delete_selected_confirmation.html" % app_label,
         "admin/delete_selected_confirmation.html"
-    ], context, current_app=modeladmin.admin_site.name)
+    ], context)
 
 delete_selected.short_description = ugettext_lazy("Delete selected %(verbose_name_plural)s")

django/contrib/admin/options.py

@@ -1120,11 +1120,13 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
         else:
             form_template = self.change_form_template
 
+        request.current_app = self.admin_site.name
+
         return TemplateResponse(request, form_template or [
             "admin/%s/%s/change_form.html" % (app_label, opts.model_name),
             "admin/%s/change_form.html" % app_label,
             "admin/change_form.html"
-        ], context, current_app=self.admin_site.name)
+        ], context)
 
     def response_add(self, request, obj, post_url_continue=None):
         """
@@ -1349,12 +1351,14 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
         opts = self.model._meta
         app_label = opts.app_label
 
+        request.current_app = self.admin_site.name
+
         return TemplateResponse(request,
             self.delete_confirmation_template or [
                 "admin/{}/{}/delete_confirmation.html".format(app_label, opts.model_name),
                 "admin/{}/delete_confirmation.html".format(app_label),
                 "admin/delete_confirmation.html"
-            ], context, current_app=self.admin_site.name)
+            ], context)
 
     def get_inline_formsets(self, request, formsets, inline_instances,
                             obj=None):
@@ -1632,11 +1636,13 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
         )
         context.update(extra_context or {})
 
+        request.current_app = self.admin_site.name
+
         return TemplateResponse(request, self.change_list_template or [
             'admin/%s/%s/change_list.html' % (app_label, opts.model_name),
             'admin/%s/change_list.html' % app_label,
             'admin/change_list.html'
-        ], context, current_app=self.admin_site.name)
+        ], context)
 
     @csrf_protect_m
     @transaction.atomic
@@ -1723,11 +1729,14 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
             preserved_filters=self.get_preserved_filters(request),
         )
         context.update(extra_context or {})
+
+        request.current_app = self.admin_site.name
+
         return TemplateResponse(request, self.object_history_template or [
             "admin/%s/%s/object_history.html" % (app_label, opts.model_name),
             "admin/%s/object_history.html" % app_label,
             "admin/object_history.html"
-        ], context, current_app=self.admin_site.name)
+        ], context)
 
     def _create_formsets(self, request, obj, change):
         "Helper function to generate formsets for add/change_view."

django/contrib/admin/sites.py

@@ -436,9 +436,11 @@ class AdminSite(object):
             app_list=app_list,
         )
         context.update(extra_context or {})
+
+        request.current_app = self.name
+
         return TemplateResponse(request, self.index_template or
-                                'admin/index.html', context,
+                                'admin/index.html', context)
-                                current_app=self.name)
 
     def app_index(self, request, app_label, extra_context=None):
         app_name = apps.get_app_config(app_label).verbose_name
@@ -494,10 +496,12 @@ class AdminSite(object):
         )
         context.update(extra_context or {})
 
+        request.current_app = self.name
+
         return TemplateResponse(request, self.app_index_template or [
             'admin/%s/app_index.html' % app_label,
             'admin/app_index.html'
-        ], context, current_app=self.name)
+        ], context)
 
 # This global object represents the default admin site, for the common case.
 # You can instantiate AdminSite in your own code to create a custom admin site.

django/contrib/auth/admin.py

@@ -158,10 +158,13 @@ class UserAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
             'show_save': True,
         }
         context.update(admin.site.each_context())
+
+        request.current_app = self.admin_site.name
+
         return TemplateResponse(request,
             self.change_user_password_template or
             'admin/auth/user/change_password.html',
-            context, current_app=self.admin_site.name)
+            context)
 
     def response_add(self, request, obj, post_url_continue=None):
         """

django/contrib/auth/views.py

@@ -60,8 +60,11 @@ def login(request, template_name='registration/login.html',
     }
     if extra_context is not None:
         context.update(extra_context)
-    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context,
+
-                            current_app=current_app)
+    if current_app is not None:
+        request.current_app = current_app
+
+    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context)
 
 
 def logout(request, next_page=None,
@@ -96,8 +99,11 @@ def logout(request, next_page=None,
     }
     if extra_context is not None:
         context.update(extra_context)
-    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context,
+
-        current_app=current_app)
+    if current_app is not None:
+        request.current_app = current_app
+
+    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context)
 
 
 def logout_then_login(request, login_url=None, current_app=None, extra_context=None):
@@ -179,8 +185,11 @@ def password_reset(request, is_admin_site=False,
     }
     if extra_context is not None:
         context.update(extra_context)
-    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context,
+
-                            current_app=current_app)
+    if current_app is not None:
+        request.current_app = current_app
+
+    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context)
 
 
 def password_reset_done(request,
@@ -191,8 +200,11 @@ def password_reset_done(request,
     }
     if extra_context is not None:
         context.update(extra_context)
-    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context,
+
-                            current_app=current_app)
+    if current_app is not None:
+        request.current_app = current_app
+
+    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context)
 
 
 # Doesn't need csrf_protect since no-one can guess the URL
@@ -241,8 +253,11 @@ def password_reset_confirm(request, uidb64=None, token=None,
     }
     if extra_context is not None:
         context.update(extra_context)
-    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context,
+
-                            current_app=current_app)
+    if current_app is not None:
+        request.current_app = current_app
+
+    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context)
 
 
 def password_reset_complete(request,
@@ -254,8 +269,11 @@ def password_reset_complete(request,
     }
     if extra_context is not None:
         context.update(extra_context)
-    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context,
+
-                            current_app=current_app)
+    if current_app is not None:
+        request.current_app = current_app
+
+    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context)
 
 
 @sensitive_post_parameters()
@@ -288,8 +306,11 @@ def password_change(request,
     }
     if extra_context is not None:
         context.update(extra_context)
-    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context,
+
-                            current_app=current_app)
+    if current_app is not None:
+        request.current_app = current_app
+
+    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context)
 
 
 @login_required
@@ -301,5 +322,8 @@ def password_change_done(request,
     }
     if extra_context is not None:
         context.update(extra_context)
-    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context,
+
-                            current_app=current_app)
+    if current_app is not None:
+        request.current_app = current_app
+
+    return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, context)

django/shortcuts.py

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ This module collects helper functions and classes that "span" multiple levels
 of MVC. In other words, these functions/classes introduce controlled coupling
 for convenience's sake.
 """
+
+import warnings
+
 from django.template import loader, RequestContext
 from django.template.context import _current_app_undefined
 from django.template.engine import (
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ from django.db.models.manager import Manager
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
 from django.core import urlresolvers
 from django.utils import six
+from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango20Warning
 
 
 def render_to_response(template_name, context=None,
@@ -61,7 +65,16 @@ def render(request, template_name, context=None,
                 raise ValueError('If you provide a context_instance you must '
                                  'set its current_app before calling render()')
         else:
-            context_instance = RequestContext(request, current_app=current_app)
+            context_instance = RequestContext(request)
+            if current_app is not _current_app_undefined:
+                warnings.warn(
+                    "The current_app argument of render is deprecated. "
+                    "Set the current_app attribute of request instead.",
+                    RemovedInDjango20Warning, stacklevel=2)
+                request.current_app = current_app
+                # Directly set the private attribute to avoid triggering the
+                # warning in RequestContext.__init__.
+                context_instance._current_app = current_app
 
         content = loader.render_to_string(
             template_name, context, context_instance, dirs, dictionary)

django/template/context.py

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 from copy import copy
+import warnings
+
+from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango20Warning
 
 
 # Hard-coded processor for easier use of CSRF protection.
@@ -122,16 +125,23 @@ class Context(BaseContext):
     def __init__(self, dict_=None, autoescape=True,
             current_app=_current_app_undefined,
             use_l10n=None, use_tz=None, engine=None):
-        if current_app is _current_app_undefined:
+        if current_app is not _current_app_undefined:
-            current_app = None
+            warnings.warn(
+                "The current_app argument of Context is deprecated. Use "
+                "RequestContext and set the current_app attribute of its "
+                "request instead.", RemovedInDjango20Warning, stacklevel=2)
         self.autoescape = autoescape
-        self.current_app = current_app
+        self._current_app = current_app
         self.use_l10n = use_l10n
         self.use_tz = use_tz
         self.engine = engine
         self.render_context = RenderContext()
         super(Context, self).__init__(dict_)
 
+    @property
+    def current_app(self):
+        return None if self._current_app is _current_app_undefined else self._current_app
+
     def __copy__(self):
         duplicate = super(Context, self).__copy__()
         duplicate.render_context = copy(self.render_context)
@@ -184,9 +194,17 @@ class RequestContext(Context):
     def __init__(self, request, dict_=None, processors=None,
             current_app=_current_app_undefined,
             use_l10n=None, use_tz=None, engine=None):
-        Context.__init__(self, dict_, current_app=current_app,
+        # current_app isn't passed here to avoid triggering the deprecation
-                use_l10n=use_l10n, use_tz=use_tz, engine=engine)
+        # warning in Context.__init__.
-        self._request = request
+        super(RequestContext, self).__init__(
+            dict_, use_l10n=use_l10n, use_tz=use_tz, engine=engine)
+        if current_app is not _current_app_undefined:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "The current_app argument of RequestContext is deprecated. "
+                "Set the current_app attribute of its request instead.",
+                RemovedInDjango20Warning, stacklevel=2)
+        self._current_app = current_app
+        self.request = request
         self._processors = () if processors is None else tuple(processors)
         self._processors_index = len(self.dicts)
         self.update({})         # placeholder for context processors output
@@ -207,7 +225,7 @@ class RequestContext(Context):
                 # Set context processors for this engine.
                 updates = {}
                 for processor in engine.template_context_processors + self._processors:
-                    updates.update(processor(self._request))
+                    updates.update(processor(self.request))
                 self.dicts[self._processors_index] = updates
 
     def new(self, values=None):

django/template/defaulttags.py

@@ -476,13 +476,20 @@ class URLNode(Node):
 
         view_name = self.view_name.resolve(context)
 
+        try:
+            current_app = context.request.current_app
+        except AttributeError:
+            # Change the fallback value to None when the deprecation path for
+            # Context.current_app completes in Django 2.0.
+            current_app = context.current_app
+
         # Try to look up the URL twice: once given the view name, and again
         # relative to what we guess is the "main" app. If they both fail,
         # re-raise the NoReverseMatch unless we're using the
         # {% url ... as var %} construct in which case return nothing.
         url = ''
         try:
-            url = reverse(view_name, args=args, kwargs=kwargs, current_app=context.current_app)
+            url = reverse(view_name, args=args, kwargs=kwargs, current_app=current_app)
         except NoReverseMatch:
             exc_info = sys.exc_info()
             if settings.SETTINGS_MODULE:
@@ -490,7 +497,7 @@ class URLNode(Node):
                 try:
                     url = reverse(project_name + '.' + view_name,
                               args=args, kwargs=kwargs,
-                              current_app=context.current_app)
+                              current_app=current_app)
                 except NoReverseMatch:
                     if self.asvar is None:
                         # Re-raise the original exception, not the one with

django/template/response.py

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+import warnings
+
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.template import loader, Context, RequestContext
+from django.template.context import _current_app_undefined
 from django.utils import six
+from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango20Warning
 
 
 class ContentNotRenderedError(Exception):
@@ -137,14 +141,19 @@ class TemplateResponse(SimpleTemplateResponse):
     rendering_attrs = SimpleTemplateResponse.rendering_attrs + ['_request', '_current_app']
 
     def __init__(self, request, template, context=None, content_type=None,
-            status=None, current_app=None, charset=None):
+            status=None, current_app=_current_app_undefined, charset=None):
         # self.request gets over-written by django.test.client.Client - and
         # unlike context_data and template_name the _request should not
         # be considered part of the public API.
         self._request = request
         # As a convenience we'll allow callers to provide current_app without
         # having to avoid needing to create the RequestContext directly
-        self._current_app = current_app
+        if current_app is not _current_app_undefined:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "The current_app argument of TemplateResponse is deprecated. "
+                "Set the current_app attribute of its request instead.",
+                RemovedInDjango20Warning, stacklevel=2)
+            request.current_app = current_app
         super(TemplateResponse, self).__init__(
             template, context, content_type, status, charset)
 
@@ -154,7 +163,7 @@ class TemplateResponse(SimpleTemplateResponse):
         """
         if isinstance(context, Context):
             return context
-        context_instance = RequestContext(self._request, current_app=self._current_app)
+        context_instance = RequestContext(self._request)
         if context:
             context_instance.push(context)
         return context_instance

docs/internals/deprecation.txt

@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ details on these changes.
 * The backwards compatibility alias ``django.template.loader.BaseLoader`` will
   be removed.
 
+* The ``current_app`` parameter for the following function and classes will be
+  removed:
+
+  * ``django.shortcuts.render()``
+  * ``django.template.Context()``
+  * ``django.template.RequestContext()``
+  * ``django.template.response.TemplateResponse()``
+
 * The ``dictionary`` and ``context_instance`` parameters for the following
   functions will be removed:
 

docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt

@@ -2628,11 +2628,16 @@ a pattern for your new view.
 .. note::
 
     Any view you render that uses the admin templates, or extends the base
-    admin template, should provide the ``current_app`` argument to
+    admin template, should set ``request.current_app`` before rendering the
-    :class:`~django.template.RequestContext` or
+    template. It should be set to either ``self.name`` if your view is on an
-    :class:`~django.template.Context` when rendering the template.  It should
+    ``AdminSite`` or ``self.admin_site.name`` if your view is on a
-    be set to either ``self.name`` if your view is on an ``AdminSite`` or
+    ``ModelAdmin``.
-    ``self.admin_site.name`` if your view is on a ``ModelAdmin``.
+
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.8
+
+       In previous versions of Django, you had to provide the ``current_app``
+       argument to :class:`~django.template.RequestContext` or
+       :class:`~django.template.Context` when rendering the template.
 
 .. _auth_password_reset:
 

docs/ref/template-response.txt

@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ Methods
         :ref:`namespaced URL resolution strategy <topics-http-reversing-url-namespaces>`
         for more information.
 
+        .. deprecated:: 1.8
+
+           The ``current_app`` argument is deprecated. Instead you should set
+           ``request.current_app``.
+
     ``charset``
         The charset in which the response will be encoded. If not given it will
         be extracted from ``content_type``, and if that is unsuccessful, the

docs/releases/1.8.txt

@@ -1204,6 +1204,21 @@ to construct the "view on site" URL. This URL is now accessible using the
 sure to provide a default value for the ``form_class`` argument since it's
 now optional.
 
+``current_app`` argument of template-related APIs
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following functions and classes will no longer accept a ``current_app``
+parameter to set an URL namespace in Django 2.0:
+
+* ``django.shortcuts.render()``
+* ``django.template.Context()``
+* ``django.template.RequestContext()``
+* ``django.template.response.TemplateResponse()``
+
+Set ``request.current_app`` instead, where ``request`` is the first argument
+to these functions or classes. If you're using a plain ``Context``, use a
+``RequestContext`` instead.
+
 ``dictionary`` and ``context_instance`` arguments of rendering functions
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt

@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ Optional arguments
     :ref:`namespaced URL resolution strategy <topics-http-reversing-url-namespaces>`
     for more information.
 
+    .. deprecated:: 1.8
+
+       The ``current_app`` argument is deprecated. Instead you should set
+       ``request.current_app``.
+
 .. versionchanged:: 1.7
 
    The ``dirs`` parameter was added.

docs/topics/http/urls.txt

@@ -633,10 +633,16 @@ the fully qualified name into parts and then tries the following lookup:
 
 2. If there is a *current* application defined, Django finds and returns
    the URL resolver for that instance. The *current* application can be
-   specified as an attribute on the template context - applications that
+   specified as an attribute on the request. Applications that expect to
-   expect to have multiple deployments should set the ``current_app``
+   have multiple deployments should set the ``current_app`` attribute on
+   the ``request`` being processed.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 1.8
+
+      In previous versions of Django, you had to set the ``current_app``
       attribute on any :class:`~django.template.Context` or
-   :class:`~django.template.RequestContext` that is used to render a template.
+      :class:`~django.template.RequestContext` that is used to render a
+      template.
 
    The current application can also be specified manually as an argument
    to the :func:`~django.core.urlresolvers.reverse` function.
@@ -707,10 +713,10 @@ Using this setup, the following lookups are possible:
     {% url 'polls:index' %}
 
   Note that reversing in the template requires the ``current_app`` be added as
-  an attribute to the template context like this::
+  an attribute to the ``request`` like this::
 
     def render_to_response(self, context, **response_kwargs):
-        response_kwargs['current_app'] = self.request.resolver_match.namespace
+        self.request.current_app = self.request.resolver_match.namespace
         return super(DetailView, self).render_to_response(context, **response_kwargs)
 
 * If there is no current instance - say, if we were rendering a page

tests/shortcuts/tests.py

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class ShortcutTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertEqual(response.content, b'FOO.BAR../path/to/static/media/\n')
         self.assertEqual(response['Content-Type'], 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
-        self.assertEqual(response.context.current_app, None)
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(response.context.request, 'current_app'))
 
     def test_render_with_base_context(self):
         with warnings.catch_warnings():
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class ShortcutTests(TestCase):
         with warnings.catch_warnings():
             warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=RemovedInDjango20Warning)
             response = self.client.get('/render/current_app/')
-        self.assertEqual(response.context.current_app, "foobar_app")
+        self.assertEqual(response.context.request.current_app, "foobar_app")
 
     def test_render_with_dirs(self):
         with warnings.catch_warnings():

tests/template_tests/test_custom.py

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from unittest import TestCase
+import warnings
 
 from django import template
 from django.utils import six
+from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango20Warning
 
 from .templatetags import custom
 
@@ -253,7 +255,9 @@ class CustomTagTests(TestCase):
         t = template.Template('{% load custom %}{% inclusion_tag_current_app %}')
         self.assertEqual(t.render(c).strip(), 'None')
 
-        c.current_app = 'advanced'
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=RemovedInDjango20Warning)
+            c = template.Context({}, current_app='advanced')
             self.assertEqual(t.render(c).strip(), 'advanced')
 
     def test_15070_use_l10n(self):

tests/template_tests/test_response.py

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+from datetime import datetime
 import os
 import pickle
 import time
-from datetime import datetime
+import warnings
 
 from django.test import RequestFactory, SimpleTestCase
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ from django.template.response import (TemplateResponse, SimpleTemplateResponse,
                                       ContentNotRenderedError)
 from django.test import override_settings
 from django.utils._os import upath
+from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango20Warning
 
 
 def test_processor(request):
@@ -252,11 +254,13 @@ class TemplateResponseTest(SimpleTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 504)
 
     def test_custom_app(self):
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=RemovedInDjango20Warning)
             response = self._response('{{ foo }}', current_app="foobar")
 
         rc = response.resolve_context(response.context_data)
 
-        self.assertEqual(rc.current_app, 'foobar')
+        self.assertEqual(rc.request.current_app, 'foobar')
 
     def test_pickling(self):
         # Create a template response. The context is