Table of Contents
04 Oct 2022
| Library resources | |
|---|---|
| PyPI | https://pypi.org/project/Jinja2/ |
| Github | https://github.com/pallets/jinja/ |
| Documentation | https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/latest/ |
| Homepage | https://palletsprojects.com/p/jinja/ |
Getting Started
pip3 install Jinja2
Usage
{% extends "layout.html" %}
{% block body %}
<ul>
{% for user in users %}
<li><a href="{{ user.url }}">{{ user.username }}</a></li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
{% endblock %}
To load a template from this environment, call the get_template() method, which returns the loaded Template.
template = env.get_template("mytemplate.html")
To render it with some variables, call the render() method.
template.render(the="variables", go="here")
Learnings
If you comment out an insertion block (ie {% include 'xxxx.html' %}), it will still be inserted in the output!
Lost 45mns figuring that one out!
Resources
Using Python to create static web pages
towardsdatascience.com
