Method select_template

django/template/engine.py:219–234

Given a list of template names, return the first that can be loaded.

(self, template_name_list)

            return t.render(Context(context, autoescape=self.autoescape))

    def select_template(self, template_name_list):
        """
        Given a list of template names, return the first that can be loaded.
        """
        if not template_name_list:
            raise TemplateDoesNotExist("No template names provided")
        not_found = []
        for template_name in template_name_list:
            try:
                return self.get_template(template_name)
            except TemplateDoesNotExist as exc:
                if exc.args[0] not in not_found:
                    not_found.append(exc.args[0])
                continue
        # If we get here, none of the templates could be loaded
        raise TemplateDoesNotExist(", ".join(not_found))