How can I Integrate API Calls in Django Templates Like in Node.js or React?

I have been using Django for quite a long time to pass context data to templates for rendering. More recently, I started leveraging Django to stop passing a large amount of context data and instead render data via API endpoints. Then, JavaScript (using axios or ajax) can consume these endpoints to render asynchronous components.

This approach can make developing component-based sites more efficient compared to rendering everything with one big context.

I’m looking for a way to introduce a template syntax (or something similar) that allows API calls, much like in Node.js or React. Does such a feature already exist in Django, perhaps similar to the existing usage of the url tag like {% url 'endpoint_data' %}? I’ve seen some references in the docs regarding middleware, but I haven’t had much success with that approach.

Any advice, pointers to a relevant GitHub project, or guidance on creating a PR for this feature would be much appreciated.

Thanks