<p>When I render a page using the Django template renderer, I can pass in a dictionary variable containing various values to manipulate them in the page using <code>{{ myVar }}</code>.</p>

<p>Is there a way to access the same variable in Javascript (perhaps using the DOM, I don't know how Django makes the variables accessible)? I want to be able to lookup details using an AJAX lookup based on the values contained in the variables passed in.</p>

The
```
{{variable}}
```
is substituted directly into the HTML. Do a view source; it isn't a "variable" or anything like it. It's just rendered text.
Having said that, you can put this kind of substitution into your JavaScript.
```
```
<script type="text/javascript"> 
   var a = "{{someDjangoVariable}}";
</script>
```
```
This gives you "dynamic" javascript.