Sierra is a Python library to write HTML and CSS in pure Python using the DOM API in a simple yet elegant manner
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Sierra is a Python library to write HTML and CSS in pure Python using the DOM API in a simple yet elegant manner. Take advantage of Python's powerful functionalities with ease. Loops, variables, functions, libraries - you name it, you have it.
Here are a few advantages of using Sierra over other Python libraries that use the DOM API:
@tag and @CmTag. You can decide their behavior and use them within content-managers tooautoPrettify() - Powered by bs4 and a feature like no otherYou may also use this as a templating engine, although jinja and Django's templating engine is strongly recommended over this
Installation and Upgrade
pip install sierra
pip install --upgrade sierra
Starting off is pretty simple and straightforward:
from sierra import *
title('Hello World!')
The title() function at the start is mandatory, since it commences the HTML and the CSS file, which is created in the working directory upon execution on the code.
You can create custom tag functions with @tag and @CmTag with just three lines of code. Say you want to create a function for <meta>:
@tag
def meta(**kwargs):
pass
# Using them
meta(name="description", content="This is some description")
meta(name="viewport", content="width=device-width", initial_scale=1.0)
Underscores are used for hyphens (same applies to CSS) and Python-conficting arguments are prefixed with a double underscore.
Using argument text inside of a function defined in @tag will create a tag that opens, enters text, and closes. Something like this:
@tag
def script(**kwargs):
pass
script(__async="", src="some_src", text="some_text")
Is the equivalent of:
<script async="" src="some_src">some_text</script>
Want to add some JS? Simple enough. Just create a function for the <script> tag with a context manager behavior using @CmTag and you're golden.
@CmTag
def script(**kwargs):
pass
# Here I'll be replicating the script needed to add Google Analytics to a webpage
with script(__aync="", src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA—XXXXXXXX-X"):
pass
with script():
writeWA('''
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
gtag('js', new Date());
gtag('config', 'UA—XXXXXXXX-X');
''')
This is the equivalent of:
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA—XXXXXXXX-X"></script>
<script>
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
gtag('js', new Date());
gtag('config', 'UA—XXXXXXXX-X');
</script>
writeWA() writes text entered into it into the HTML file as it is.
You can add fonts using addFont()
addFont("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto&display=swap")
Once things at the <head> of the HTML are settled (CSS is automatically linked), begin the body of the HTML with
openBody()
# You can add any number of styling arguments to the body within openBody()
openBody(background_color='yellowgreen', opacity='0.9')
You can create div and section tags this way:
with div(__class="some_class") as d:
p('This is a paragraph!')
d.css(background_color="#5886d1")
Let's break this down but-by-bit:
First, we start a div with a context manager behavior and give it an attribute __class, which is essentially the tag attribute class (remember Python-conflicting) arguments are prefixed by a double underscore.
p() is a function, as the name suggests, to add a <p> tag. You can give the tag attributes with **kwargs, if you like.
p('Hello World!', __class='p_class') is the same as <p class="p_class">Hello World!</p>
After the paragraph, there's a d.css(). This adds CSS to the class mentioned within div(). If a class is mentioned, CSS is added to that class as the first priority. If an id is mentioned, CSS is added to that id as a second priority. If none of both are mentioned, CSS is just added to div.
The behavior of div shown above also applies to section.
You can open a new tag with Tag()
with Tag('some_tag', id='some_id') as t:
p('A paragraph in <some_tag>')
t.css(color='blue')
Although here, .css() behaves differently. It is independent of tag attributes, meaning CSS is added directly to the tag mentioned, which is some_tag
To add CSS to a specific attribute in the tag, use writeCSS()
writeCSS(tag_name, **kwargs)
writeCSS("#some_id", color='blue')
This adds CSS to the some_id.
You can add a table to the HTML page by inputting in a CSV file this way:
with Table() as t:
t.get_table("path/to/file.csv") # Add attributes with **kwargs here
t.css(border="1px solid black") # Use writeCSS to add CSS to a specific attribute
There are MANY more functionalities to Sierra that you can see from the documentation
At the end of all development with Sierra, use
autoPrettify()
It takes in no arguments, but provides SO much to the code in terms of handling tags and beautifying the look of it.
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Sierra is a Python library to write HTML and CSS in pure Python using the DOM API in a simple yet elegant manner
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