minja

A Mini Jinja Template Engine

I am creating this package because I need something like Jinja, but in a much smaller footprint.

Install

pip install minja

Usage

A Simple Usage

from minja import Template

template = Template("{{ flowers }} are {{ color }}")
print(template.render(flowers="Roses", color="red"))
# Roses are red

What Is a Template?

A template is a string embedded variables. For example, the template in previous example has two variables, flowers and color.

Note that the spaces surrounding the variables are insignificant: they are there to improve readability. That means the following will render to the same text:

t1 = Template(">{{name}}<")
t2 = Template(">{{ name }}<")
t3 = Template(">{{     name     }}<")

print(t1.render(name="Anna"))  # '>Anna<'
print(t2.render(name="Anna"))  # '>Anna<'
print(t3.render(name="Anna"))  # '>Anna<'

How Can I Get the Names of the Variables?

A template maintains a property called .names which keep track of the names of the variables.

template = Template("{{ flowers }} are {{ color }}")
print(template.names)  # {'flowers', 'color'}