templatesjs
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Render template dynamically , works with any file format including HTML
###New in 2.0.0
renderAll()###Changes Made in 2.0.0
render(),set() requires callback functions .renderSync() and setSync() without callbacks which will behave like render() and set() of earlier versions.delim as a variable instead of function delim()$ npm install templatesjs
$ git clone https://github.com/ImtiazChowdhury/templatesjs.git
Example html :
<body>
Hello <%name%>
</body>
node.js
Sync
var data = templatesjs.renderSync("name", "John Doe");
Async
templatesjs.render("name", "John Doe", function(err,data){
if(err) //Handle err
//Output the data
});
Output :
Hello John Doe
Example html :
<body>
Hello <%firstname%> <%lastname%>
</body>
node.js
Sync
var data = templatesjs.renderSync("firstame", "John");
data = templatesjs.renderSync("lastname", "Doe");
Async
templatesjs.render("firstname", "John", function(err,data){
if(err) //Handle err
templatesjs.render("lastname", "Doe", function(err,data){
if(err) //Handle err
//Output the data
}
});
The function render() looks good when working with one or two dynamic data(s). But it will become a nightmare for larger amount.
Imagine ten or fifteen dynamic variables to render. That's why in vesion 2.0.0 introducing the function renderAll()
the same of the above can be done like this:
Async
var list = {
firstname:"John",
lastname:"Doe"
}
templatesjs.renderAll(list, function(err,data){
if(err) //handle the err
//output the data
});
Sync
var list = {
firstname:"John",
lastname:"Doe"
}
var data =templatesjs.renderAll(list);
// Output the data;
##Set Data :
Suppose that we have to work with this : (index.html)
<html >
<body>
Hello Dear <%username%> <br />
You email : <%email%> <br />
</body>
</html>
here we will walk through a complete example from reading a file to output it.
//assume that you have a request for index.html
fs.readFile("./index.html", function(err,data){
if(err) throw err;
//we have to set the file to templatesjs to work with
//do this once for each file, templatesjs work with the data you set
templatesjs.set(data, function(err,data){
if(err) throw err;
//now use your favourite function to render
var list = {
username:"John Doe",
email : "John@Doe.com"
}
templatesjs.renderAll(list, function(err,data){
if(err) throw err;
res.write(data);
res.end();
});
});
});
there is a Sync version of set() which is setSync() with only one parameter the data.
##API
render("keyword","value", cb)
keyword - [REQUIRED] - the keyword of the tag ;
Value - [REQUIRED] - the value of the keyword ;
cb - [REQUIRED] - a callback to be fired once the changes have been made.
If cb is not specified, an error will be thrown.
err - First parameter to the callback detailing any errors.
data - the processed data with changes made in it.
renderSync("keyword","value")
keyword - [REQUIRED] - the keyword of the tag ;
Value - [REQUIRED] - the value of the keyword ;
renderAll(list, cb)
list - [REQUIRED] - an object with the list of variable to render,
variable names as property and values as property value;
cb - [REQUIRED] - a callback to be fired once the changes have been made.
If cb is not specified, an error will be thrown.
err - First parameter to the callback detailing any errors.
data - the processed data with changes made in it.
renderAllSync(list, cb)
list - [REQUIRED] - an object with the list of variable to render, variable
names as property and values as property value;
set(data, cb)
data - [REQUIRED] - the data to work with (e.g.: data read from index.html)
cb - [REQUIRED] - a callback to be fired once the changes have been made.
If cb is not specified, an error will be thrown.
err - First parameter to the callback detailing any errors.
data - the processed data with changes made in it.
setSync(data)
data - [REQUIRED] - the data to work with (e.g.: data read from index.html)
#Detail Usage
You can render view using four diiferent functions render(), renderSync(), renderAll(), renderAllSync().
read a file, set the data using set() and render it using you favourite
one.
We will Walk through examples for each data type and diiferent cases to handle
them.
##string Use <% %> to use rendered data in HTML page
examle HTML(index.html)
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
HELLO <%firstname%> <%lastname%>
</body>
</html>
here we will replace the <%user%> tag with John Doe;
in node.js file
Sync
var templatesjs = require('templatesjs');
fs.readFile("./index.html", function(err,data){
if(err) throw err
templatesjs.setSync(data); //set the data to work with
var output = templatesjs.renderSync("firstname", "John");
output = templatesjs.renderSync("lastname", "Doe");
res.write(output);
res.end();
});
Async
var templatesjs = require('templatesjs');
fs.readFile("./index.html", function(err,data){
if(err) throw err
templatesjs.set(data, function(err,data){
if(err) throw err;
templatesjs.render("firstname", "John", function(err,data){
if(err) throw err;
templatesjs.render("lastname", "Doe", function(err,data){
if(err) throw err;
res.write(data);
res.end(); // or Do something else with the data
});
});
});
});
Async Using renderAll()
var templatesjs = require('templatesjs');
var list = {
firstname:"John",
lastname:"Doe",
}
fs.readFile("./index.html", function(err,data){
if(err) throw err
templatesjs.set(data, function(err,data){
if(err) throw err;
templatesjs.renderAll(list, function(err,data){
if(err) throw err;
res.write(data);
res.end(); // or Do something else with the data
});
});
});
Sync Using renderAllSync()
var templatesjs = require('templatesjs');
var list = {
firstname:"John",
lastname:"Doe",
}
var data = fs.readFileSync("./index.html");
templatesjs.setSync(data);
var output = templatesjs.renderAllSync(list);
res.write(output);
res.end();
this will print "HELLO John Doe" on the browser instead of hello <%user%>
templatesjs work with the data you set using set(). It modifies the data and returns the modified data.
It will all <%firstname%> tags in the data with "John" and return the data.
we can also render array or object value as
<body>
HELLO <%user.name%>
</body>
in node.js file
Sync
var profile = {name:"John Doe",age:"18"};
var data = fs.readFileSync("./index.html");
templatesjs.setSync(data);
data = templatesjs.renderSync("user", profile);
this will print "HELLO John Doe"
Async
var profile = {name:"John Doe",age:"18"};
var data = fs.readFile("./index.html", function(err,data){
templatesjs.set(data, function(err,data){
if(err) //Do something with the error;
templatesjs.render("user", profile, function(err,data){
if(err) // Do something with the err
//Output the data
});
});
});
Templatesjs won't render the object profile to the page,
it will only relace the <%user.name%> with the name property of profile object.
for array:
<body>
HELLO <%user[0]%>
</body>
in node.js file
Sync
var data = fs.readFileSync("./index.html");
templatesjs.setSync(data);
var profile =["John Doe", "18"];
data = templatesjs.renderSync("user", profile);
Async
var profile =["John Doe", "18"];
var data = fs.readFile("./index.html", function(err,data){
templatesjs.set(data, function(err,data){
if(err) //Do something with the error;
templatesjs.render("user", profile, function(err,data){
if(err) //Do something with the error;
//output the data
});
});
});
this will print "HELLO John Doe"
or all values of an array :
<body>
HELLO <%user[]%>
</body>
in node.js file
Sync
var profile =["John Doe", "18"];
var data = fs.readFileSync("./index.html");
templatesjs.setSync(data);
data = templatesjs.renderSync("user", profile);
Async
var data = fs.readFile("./index.html", function(err,data){
var profile =["John Doe", "18"];
templatesjs.set(data, function(err,data){
if(err) //Do something with the error;
templatesjs.render("user", profile, function(err,data){
if(err) // do something with the error
//output the data
});
});
});
this will print "HELLO John Doe18"
all array values starting from an index to another one
<body>
HELLO <%user[2,5]%>
<!--
**in the bracket the first number indicates the index
**from where the values should start and the
** second one indicates the index of stopping point
-->
</body>
in node.js file
Sync
var data = fs.readFileSync("./index.html");
templatesjs.setSync(data);
var profile =["John", "Doe", "18", "hello", "world", "JS"];
data = templatesjs.renderSync("user", profile);
Async
var data = fs.readFile("./index.html", function(err,data){
var profile =["John", "Doe", "18", "hello", "world", "JS"];
templatesjs.set(data, function(err,data){
if(err) //Do something with the error;
templatesjs.render("user", profile, function(err,data){
if(err) // Do something with the error
//Output the data
});
});
});
this will print "18helloworldJS"
A loop will be performed which will start form user[2] and finish on `user[5]'.
No whitespace will be added before or after the values.
suppose that we want a for each loop through our array values using templatesjs it can be done like
<body>
<%user[] {<a href='user/*'>*</a>}%>
<!--
**specify the format in curly braces
** all "*" sign will be replaced by the actual
**value with the format specified around it
**remember not to use " inside the tag, use ' instead.
-->
</body>
in node.js file
Sync
var data = fs.readFileSync("./index.html");
templatesjs.setSync(data);
var profiles =["John", "Doe"]
data = templatesjs.renderSync("user", profiles)
Async
var data = fs.readFile("./index.html", function(err,data){
var profile =["John", "Doe"];
templatesjs.set(data, function(err,data){
if(err) //Do something with the error;
templatesjs.render("user", profile, function(err,data){
if(err) // Do something with the error
//Output the data
});
});
});
output : <a href="user/John">John</a> <a href="user/Doe">Doe</a>
A loop will be performed and values will be added inside the specified format
replacing all "*" with actual value. I foyu want a Linebreak at the end of every link
you must specify the format as {<a href="user/*">*</a> <br />}
<body>
<%user[2,4] {<a href='user/*'>*</a>}%>
// not double quotes, I repeat.
</body>
in node.js file
Sync
var data = fs.readFileSync("./index.html");
templatesjs.setSync(data);
var profiles =["John", "Doe", "foo", "bar", "example"]
data = templatesjs.renderSync("user", profiles)
Asunc
var data = fs.readFile("./index.html", function(err,data){
var profiles =["John", "Doe", "foo", "bar", "example"]
templatesjs.set(data, function(err,data){
if(err) //Do something with the error;
templatesjs.render("user", profiles, function(err,data){
if(err) // Do something with the error
//Output the data
});
});
});
output : <a href="user/foo">foo</a> <a href="user/bar">bar</a> <a href="user/example">ecample</a>
<body>
<%user[2] {<a href='user/*'>*</a>}%>
</body>
in node.js file
Sync
var data = fs.readFileSync("./index.html");
templatesjs.setSync(data);
var profiles =["John", "Doe", "foo", "bar", "example"]
data = templatesjs.renderSync("user", profiles)
Async
var data = fs.readFile("./index.html", function(err,data){
var profiles =["John", "Doe", "foo", "bar", "example"]
templatesjs.set(data, function(err,data){
if(err) //Do something with the error;
templatesjs.render("user", profiles, function(err,data){
if(err) // Do something with the error
//Output the data
});
});
});
output : <a href="user/foo">foo</a>
specify output to be UPPERCASE or Capitalized or lowercase
you can specify whether the output will be in UPPERCASE, lowercase, Capitalized using a third optional "style" param
in the templatesjs.render() function
the case param supports three values "CASE", "Case", or "case"
"CASE" : for UPPERCASE output;"Case" : for Capitalized output"case" : for lowercase output <body>
UPPERCASE: <%uUser%> <br />
Capitalized: <%cUser%> <br />
lowercase: <%lUser%> <br />
</body>
in node.js file
Sync
var data = fs.readFileSync("./index.html");
templatesjs.setSync(data);
data = templatesjs.renderSync("uUser", "john", "CASE")
// "CASE" for UPPERCASE output
data = templatesjs.renderSync("cUser", "doE", "Case")
// "Case" for Capitalized output
data = templatesjs.renderSync("l/user", "SMith", "Case")
// "case" for lowercase output
Async
var data = fs.readFile("./index.html", function(err,data){
var profiles =["John", "Doe", "foo", "bar", "example"]
templatesjs.set(data, function(err,data){
if(err) //Do something with the error;
templatesjs.render("uUser", "John","CASE", function(err,data){
if(err) // Do something with the error
templatesjs.render("cUser", "doE", "Case", function(err,data){
if(err) // Do something with the error
templatesjs.render("lUser", "SMith", "case", function(err,data){
if(err) // Do something with the error
//output the data
});
});
});
});
});
output : UPPERCASE: JOHN ;
Capitalized: Doe;
lowercase: smith;
Any value for the style parameter other than "CASE", "Case" or "case" will produce an error message on the console
and consider the value of style as undefined.
NOTE: Output Styles can't be specified using renderAll() or renderAllSync() .
templatesjs also has an include feature which can be used
to include file or template parts just use the <%include%> tag in your file
<body>
<%include header.html%>
<h3>Header is above</h3>
<h1>content goes here : </h1>
<%include posts/content.html%>
// the file is in ./post/ directory you can also
//use templatesjs.dir variable to set default
<h2>footer is below</h2>
<%include footer.html%>
</body>
no need to render anything in the node.js file, the files will be rendered
automatically when you set data using templatesjs.set() function;
The include function gets invoked when you set the data for template.
It will look for every file specified inside <%inlude %> tag and replace the tag with Data read from those files.
Because include is performed at the very beginning you can render data inside those included files as well
If file not found an error will be thrown.
before you set data for templatesjs using the templatesjs.set() function you can set the default directory where templatesjs will
look for files it needs to include ;
suppose that we have all our html files in the "public" directory
in node.js file
templatesjs.dir = "./public/";
the default directory (if needed to be set) must be set before setting the data using set().
Don't like to use the "%" sign to define tags in html page you can change them :D :D :D
in node.js file
templatesjs.delim="$";
// you can use any sign like ["!@#$%^&*"] or
//any combination like "#@" or "%$" or "*&" or "*!"
In 1.2.12 or older versions delim was a function used like `templatesjs.delim("#");
are function names too long? Shorthands are availabe :D :D :D
functions can also be used as :
render() : ren() r() rn
renderSync() : renSync() rSync() rnSync
renderAll() : renAll() rAll() rnAll() rnall() renall() rall()
renderAll() : renAllSync() rAllSync() rnAllSync() rnallSync() renallSync() rallSync()
set() : s() setData() sd() setdata()
setSync() : sSync() setDataSync() sdSync() setdataSync()
$ npm test
Report any bug or issue on https://github.com/ImtiazChowdhury/templatesjs/issues.
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