Django get user data in main template

I’m trying to check if user logged in in the main template using this:

{%if request.user%}
   ...
{%endif%}

but it’s not working maybe because main template doesn’t have a view could any one help i don’t know if the question duplicated,but i didn’t find my answer.

Answer

you could use:

{% if user.is_authenticated %}
   ...
{% endif %}