Using Django Template Outside Django Project

using_django_template_outside.py

import django
from django.template import Template, Context
from django.conf import settings
# optional if you just render str instead of template file
from django.template.loader import get_template

settings.configure(TEMPLATES=[{
    'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
    # if you want to render using template file
    'DIRS': ['/tmp/template_dirs']
}])
django.setup()

# variables that will be passed to template
vars = {'name':'mochtar'}

print Template("Using string = {{name}}").render(Context(vars))

# file say_hello.tmpl located in folder /tmp/template_dirs as it's configured above
print get_template("say_hello.tmpl").render(vars)