I like the third option quite a bit (though what I was trying to do looked more like the second) but the problem that I'm having moreso than anything is in tryi

I like the third option quite a bit (though what I was trying to do looked more like the second) but the problem that I'm having moreso than anything is in trying to GET a fastcgi parameter as a variable in my settings.py. I'll carry this over to SO, as the downvotes suggest that this is not only offtopic, but inappropriately placed altogether, but thanks a million for your insight.