"""A simple Python template renderer, for a nano-subset of Django syntax.""" # Coincidentally named the same as http://code.activestate.com/recipes/496702/ import re, sys class Templite(object): """A simple template renderer, for a nano-subset of Django syntax. Supported constructs are extended variable access:: {{var.modifer.modifier|filter|filter}} loops:: {% for var in list %}...{% endfor %} and ifs:: {% if var %}...{% endif %} Comments are within curly-hash markers:: {# This will be ignored #} Construct a Templite with the template text, then use `render` against a dictionary context to create a finished string. """ def __init__(self, text, *contexts): """Construct a Templite with the given `text`. `contexts` are dictionaries of values to use for future renderings. These are good for filters and global values. """ self.text = text self.context = {} for context in contexts: self.context.update(context) # Split the text to form a list of tokens. toks = re.split(r"(?s)({{.*?}}|{%.*?%}|{#.*?#})", text) # Parse the tokens into a nested list of operations. Each item in the # list is a tuple with an opcode, and arguments. They'll be # interpreted by TempliteEngine. # # When parsing an action tag with nested content (if, for), the current # ops list is pushed onto ops_stack, and the parsing continues in a new # ops list that is part of the arguments to the if or for op. ops = [] ops_stack = [] for tok in toks: if tok.startswith('{{'): # Expression: ('exp', expr) ops.append(('exp', tok[2:-2].strip())) elif tok.startswith('{#'): # Comment: ignore it and move on. continue elif tok.startswith('{%'): # Action tag: split into words and parse further. words = tok[2:-2].strip().split() if words[0] == 'if': # If: ('if', (expr, body_ops)) if_ops = [] assert len(words) == 2 ops.append(('if', (words[1], if_ops))) ops_stack.append(ops) ops = if_ops elif words[0] == 'for': # For: ('for', (varname, listexpr, body_ops)) assert len(words) == 4 and words[2] == 'in' for_ops = [] ops.append(('for', (words[1], words[3], for_ops))) ops_stack.append(ops) ops = for_ops elif words[0].startswith('end'): # Endsomething. Pop the ops stack ops = ops_stack.pop() assert ops[-1][0] == words[0][3:] else: raise SyntaxError("Don't understand tag %r" % words) else: ops.append(('lit', tok)) assert not ops_stack, "Unmatched action tag: %r" % ops_stack[-1][0] self.ops = ops def render(self, context=None): """Render this template by applying it to `context`. `context` is a dictionary of values to use in this rendering. """ # Make the complete context we'll use. ctx = dict(self.context) if context: ctx.update(context) # Run it through an engine, and return the result. engine = _TempliteEngine(ctx) engine.execute(self.ops) return "".join(engine.result) class _TempliteEngine(object): """Executes Templite objects to produce strings.""" def __init__(self, context): self.context = context self.result = [] def execute(self, ops): """Execute `ops` in the engine. Called recursively for the bodies of if's and loops. """ for op, args in ops: if op == 'lit': self.result.append(args) elif op == 'exp': try: self.result.append(str(self.evaluate(args))) except: exc_class, exc, _ = sys.exc_info() new_exc = exc_class("Couldn't evaluate {{ %s }}: %s" % (args, exc)) raise new_exc elif op == 'if': expr, body = args if self.evaluate(expr): self.execute(body) elif op == 'for': var, lis, body = args vals = self.evaluate(lis) for val in vals: self.context[var] = val self.execute(body) else: raise AssertionError("TempliteEngine doesn't grok op %r" % op) def evaluate(self, expr): """Evaluate an expression. `expr` can have pipes and dots to indicate data access and filtering. """ if "|" in expr: pipes = expr.split("|") value = self.evaluate(pipes[0]) for func in pipes[1:]: value = self.evaluate(func)(value) elif "." in expr: dots = expr.split('.') value = self.evaluate(dots[0]) for dot in dots[1:]: try: value = getattr(value, dot) except AttributeError: value = value[dot] if hasattr(value, '__call__'): value = value() else: value = self.context[expr] return value