Template rendering for popcorn

Basic templates

Use TemplateString to render really basic templates that just need macro replacements.

Example:

class TemplateStringHandler
    super Handler

    redef fun get(req, res) do
        # Values to add in the template
        var values = new HashMap[String, String]
        values["USER"] = "Morriar"
        values["MYSITE"] = "My super website"

        # Render it with a shortcut
        res.template_string("""
            <h1>Hello %USER%!</h1>
            <p>Welcome to %MYSITE%.</p>
        """, values)
    end
end

For larger templates, you can also use external files (makes your Nit code cleaner):

class TemplateFileHandler
    super Handler

    redef fun get(req, res) do
        # Values to add in the template
        var values = new HashMap[String, String]
        values["USER"] = "Morriar"
        values["MYSITE"] = "My super website"

        # Render it from an external file
        res.template_file("example_template.tpl", values)
    end
end

Using pug templates

Pug is a templating format provided by the external command pug. For complex templates that need conditional or loop statements, pug can be a solution.

See the pug syntax here: https://pugjs.org/api/getting-started.html

class PugFileHandler
    super Handler

    redef fun get(req, res) do
        # Values to add in the template
        var json = new JsonObject
        json["user"] = "Morriar"
        json["mysite"] = "My super website"

        # Render it from an external file
        res.pug_file("example_template.pug", json)
    end
end

Redefined classes

redef class HttpResponse

popcorn :: pop_templates $ HttpResponse

A response to send over HTTP

All class definitions

redef class HttpResponse

popcorn :: pop_templates $ HttpResponse

A response to send over HTTP
package_diagram popcorn::pop_templates pop_templates popcorn::pop_json pop_json popcorn::pop_templates->popcorn::pop_json template::macro macro popcorn::pop_templates->template::macro json json popcorn::pop_json->json popcorn::pop_handlers pop_handlers popcorn::pop_json->popcorn::pop_handlers popcorn::pop_validation pop_validation popcorn::pop_json->popcorn::pop_validation template template template::macro->template ...json ... ...json->json ...popcorn::pop_handlers ... ...popcorn::pop_handlers->popcorn::pop_handlers ...popcorn::pop_validation ... ...popcorn::pop_validation->popcorn::pop_validation ...template ... ...template->template popcorn::example_templates example_templates popcorn::example_templates->popcorn::pop_templates

Ancestors

module abstract_collection

core :: abstract_collection

Abstract collection classes and services.
module abstract_text

core :: abstract_text

Abstract class for manipulation of sequences of characters
module array

core :: array

This module introduces the standard array structure.
module base64

base64 :: base64

Offers the base 64 encoding and decoding algorithms
module bitset

core :: bitset

Services to handle BitSet
module bytes

core :: bytes

Services for byte streams and arrays
module caching

serialization :: caching

Services for caching serialization engines
module circular_array

core :: circular_array

Efficient data structure to access both end of the sequence.
module codec_base

core :: codec_base

Base for codecs to use with streams
module codecs

core :: codecs

Group module for all codec-related manipulations
module collection

core :: collection

This module define several collection classes.
module core

core :: core

Standard classes and methods used by default by Nit programs and libraries.
module csv

csv :: csv

CSV document handling.
module engine_tools

serialization :: engine_tools

Advanced services for serialization engines
module environ

core :: environ

Access to the environment variables of the process
module error

core :: error

Standard error-management infrastructure.
module error

json :: error

Intro JsonParseError which is exposed by all JSON reading APIs
module exec

core :: exec

Invocation and management of operating system sub-processes.
module file

core :: file

File manipulations (create, read, write, etc.)
module file_server

nitcorn :: file_server

Provides the FileServer action, which is a standard and minimal file server
module fixed_ints

core :: fixed_ints

Basic integers of fixed-precision
module fixed_ints_text

core :: fixed_ints_text

Text services to complement fixed_ints
module flat

core :: flat

All the array-based text representations
module gc

core :: gc

Access to the Nit internal garbage collection mechanism
module hash_collection

core :: hash_collection

Introduce HashMap and HashSet.
module http_errors

nitcorn :: http_errors

Offers ErrorTemplate to display error pages
module http_request

nitcorn :: http_request

Provides the HttpRequest class and services to create it
module http_request_buffer

nitcorn :: http_request_buffer

Http request parsing for buffered inputs.
module http_response

nitcorn :: http_response

Provides the HttpResponse class and http_status_codes
module inspect

serialization :: inspect

Refine Serializable::inspect to show more useful information
module iso8859_1

core :: iso8859_1

Codec for ISO8859-1 I/O
module json

json :: json

Read and write JSON formatted text using the standard serialization services
module kernel

core :: kernel

Most basic classes and methods.
module libevent

libevent :: libevent

Low-level wrapper around the libevent library to manage events on file descriptors
module list

core :: list

This module handle double linked lists
module math

core :: math

Mathematical operations
module md5

md5 :: md5

Native MD5 digest implementation as Text::md5
module media_types

nitcorn :: media_types

Services to identify Internet media types (or MIME types, Content-types)
module meta

meta :: meta

Simple user-defined meta-level to manipulate types of instances as object.
module more_collections

more_collections :: more_collections

Highly specific, but useful, collections-related classes.
module native

core :: native

Native structures for text and bytes
module nitcorn

nitcorn :: nitcorn

The nitcorn Web server framework creates server-side Web apps in Nit
module numeric

core :: numeric

Advanced services for Numeric types
module parser_base

parser_base :: parser_base

Simple base for hand-made parsers of all kinds
module pop_handlers

popcorn :: pop_handlers

Route handlers.
module pop_routes

popcorn :: pop_routes

Internal routes representation.
module pop_validation

popcorn :: pop_validation

Quick and easy validation framework for Json inputs
module poset

poset :: poset

Pre order sets and partial order set (ie hierarchies)
module protocol

core :: protocol

module queue

core :: queue

Queuing data structures and wrappers
module range

core :: range

Module for range of discrete objects.
module re

core :: re

Regular expression support for all services based on Pattern
module reactor

nitcorn :: reactor

Core of the nitcorn project, provides HttpFactory and Action
module ropes

core :: ropes

Tree-based representation of a String.
module safe

serialization :: safe

Services for safer deserialization engines
module serialization

serialization :: serialization

General serialization services
module serialization_core

serialization :: serialization_core

Abstract services to serialize Nit objects to different formats
module serialization_read

json :: serialization_read

Services to read JSON: deserialize_json and JsonDeserializer
module serialization_write

json :: serialization_write

Services to write Nit objects to JSON strings: serialize_to_json and JsonSerializer
module server_config

nitcorn :: server_config

Classes and services to configure the server
module sessions

nitcorn :: sessions

Automated session management
module signal_handler

nitcorn :: signal_handler

Handle SIGINT and SIGTERM to close the server after all active events
module sorter

core :: sorter

This module contains classes used to compare things and sorts arrays.
module static

json :: static

Static interface to read Nit objects from JSON strings
module stream

core :: stream

Input and output streams of characters
module template

template :: template

Basic template system
module text

core :: text

All the classes and methods related to the manipulation of text entities
module time

core :: time

Management of time and dates
module token

nitcorn :: token

Simple generate_token service, independent of the rest of the nitcorn framework
module union_find

core :: union_find

union–find algorithm using an efficient disjoint-set data structure
module utf8

core :: utf8

Codec for UTF-8 I/O
module vararg_routes

nitcorn :: vararg_routes

Routes with parameters.

Parents

module macro

template :: macro

String templating using macros.
module pop_json

popcorn :: pop_json

Introduce useful services for JSON REST API handlers.

Children

Descendants

module a_star-m

a_star-m

# Template rendering for popcorn
#
# ## Basic templates
#
# Use TemplateString to render really basic templates that just need macro
# replacements.
#
# Example:
# ~~~nit
# class TemplateStringHandler
#	super Handler
#
#	redef fun get(req, res) do
#		# Values to add in the template
#		var values = new HashMap[String, String]
#		values["USER"] = "Morriar"
#		values["MYSITE"] = "My super website"
#
#		# Render it with a shortcut
#		res.template_string("""
#			<h1>Hello %USER%!</h1>
#			<p>Welcome to %MYSITE%.</p>
#		""", values)
#	end
# end
# ~~~
#
# For larger templates, you can also use external files (makes your Nit code cleaner):
# ~~~nit
# class TemplateFileHandler
#	super Handler
#
#	redef fun get(req, res) do
#		# Values to add in the template
#		var values = new HashMap[String, String]
#		values["USER"] = "Morriar"
#		values["MYSITE"] = "My super website"
#
#		# Render it from an external file
#		res.template_file("example_template.tpl", values)
#	end
# end
# ~~~
#
# ## Using pug templates
#
# Pug is a templating format provided by the external command `pug`.
# For complex templates that need conditional or loop statements, pug can be a solution.
#
# See the pug syntax here: https://pugjs.org/api/getting-started.html
#
# ~~~nit
# class PugFileHandler
#	super Handler
#
#	redef fun get(req, res) do
#		# Values to add in the template
#		var json = new JsonObject
#		json["user"] = "Morriar"
#		json["mysite"] = "My super website"
#
#		# Render it from an external file
#		res.pug_file("example_template.pug", json)
#	end
# end
# ~~~
module pop_templates

import popcorn::pop_handlers
import popcorn::pop_json
import template::macro

redef class HttpResponse

	# Render the TemplateString `tpl` with `values` and write it as html.
	fun template(tpl: nullable TemplateString, values: nullable Map[String, nullable Writable], status: nullable Int) do
		if tpl != null and values != null then
			for k, v in values do
				if not tpl.has_macro(k) or v == null then continue
				tpl.replace(k, v)
			end
		end
		html(tpl, status)
	end

	# Render `file` as a TemplateString with `values` and write it as html.
	fun template_string(tpl_string: nullable String, values: nullable Map[String, nullable Writable], status: nullable Int) do
		var tpl = new TemplateString(tpl_string or else "")
		template(tpl, values, status)
	end

	# Render `file` as a TemplateString with `values` and write it as html.
	fun template_file(file: String, values: nullable Map[String, nullable Writable], status: nullable Int) do
		var tpl = new TemplateString.from_file(file)
		template(tpl, values, status)
	end

	# Render `pug_string` with the command cli `pug` and use data from `json`
	#
	# See https://pugjs.org/api/getting-started.html for more details on pug.
	fun pug(pug_string: nullable String, json: nullable Serializable, status: nullable Int) do
		var process
		if json == null then
			process = new ProcessDuplex("pug", "-D")
		else
			process = new ProcessDuplex("pug", "-D", "-O", json.to_json)
		end
		var out = process.write_and_read(pug_string or else "")
		process.close
		html(out, status)
	end

	# Render `file` with the command cli `pug` and use data from `json`
	#
	# See https://pugjs.org/api/getting-started.html for more details on pug.
	fun pug_file(file: String, json: nullable Serializable, status: nullable Int) do
		pug(file.to_path.read_all, json, status)
	end
end
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