mould 0.0.2

A minimalistic python templating library

mould - A minimalistic templating engine for Python

This Python library helps to render HTML pages and plain text with variable substitutions, if conditions and for loops.

Templating syntax :

To delcare variables enclose the variable name with '%%'

Hello {{ text }} -- 'text' is the variable here

You can use the same syntax to write variable expressions.

This is line number {{ n+10 }}

if conditional

Use '{%' and '%}' to enclose the lines where an if block starts and use the same with 'endif' keyword for closing the if blocks

{% if 5 < 6  %}
<p1> Hello world! </p1>
{% endif %}

Variable names can also be used to write if conditions.

{% if x > y %}
<p1> Hello Python! </p1>
{% endif %}

IF block supports else and elif as well.

for loop

Use '{%' and '%}' to enclose the lines where a for block starts and use the same with 'endfor' keyword for closing the if blocks

{% for n in l %}
This is line {{ n }} printed using for loop
{% endfor %}

In the above code, 'n' and 'l' are variables where 'n' is the looping variable and 'l' is the list on whose items the loop is run

for supports looping over lists and dictionaries

How to use:

You can install this using pip

pip install mould

Import the library to your python program

import mould

Call the mould.it() with you input file / input text along with the dictionary of variables that you have used in your text / input file

mould.it(input_text, variables_dictionary)

This will return the rendered output. You can either print it direclty or save it.

print(mould.it(input_text, variables_dictionary))

or

rendered_data = mould.it(input_text, variables_dictionary))

Dependencies:

mould uses python standard library os alone and nothing else.