tinyhtml
A tiny library to safely render compact HTML5 from Python expressions.
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Introduction
This is the entire API. The following documentation is longer than the
implementation.
.. code:: python
>>> from tinyhtml import html, h, frag, raw
The most important function is h()
. Below you see how to render attributes,
normal elements, and void/self-closing elements.
.. code:: python
>>> html(lang="en")(
... h("head")(
... h("meta", charset="utf-8"),
... ),
... ).render()
'<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"></head></html>'
Use frag()
to pass around groups of elements.
.. code:: python
>>> frag(
... h("h1")("Lorem ipsum ..."),
... h("p")("... dolor sit amet."),
... )
raw('<h1>Lorem ipsum ...</h1><p>... dolor sit amet.</p>')
Of course all content and attributes are properly escaped. Use raw()
as an
escape hatch to render unescaped HTML.
.. code:: python
>>> print(h("a", title="&<>\"'")("&<>\"'").render())
<a title="&<>"'">&<>"'</a>
>>> print(raw("<!-- 💥"))
<!-- 💥
Installing
::
pip install tinyhtml
Features and patterns
-
Supports Python 3.7+.
-
Output is compact: Naturally produces no superfluous whitespace between
elements.
-
Fragments provide _repr_html_()
for Jupyter Notebook integration.
-
Includes mypy typings.
.. code:: python
>>> from tinyhtml import Frag
-
Write templates as functions.
.. code:: python
>>> def layout(title: str, body: Frag) -> Frag:
... return html()(
... h("head")(
... h("title")(title),
... ),
... h("body")(body)
... )
>>> layout("Hello world", frag(
... h("h1")("Hello world"),
... h("p")("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet."),
... ))
raw('<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Hello world</title></head><body><h1>Hello world</h1><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</p></body></html>')
-
Use str
, int
, other fragments, None
, or iterables of these as
child elements. (Note that rendering consumes the iterables, so fragments
using generators can be rendered only once.)
.. code:: python
>>> h("ul")(
... h("li")(n) for n in range(3)
... )
raw('<ul><li>0</li><li>1</li><li>2</li></ul>')
>>> h("ul")(
... h("li")("Foo") if False else None,
... h("li")("Bar"),
... )
raw('<ul><li>Bar</li></ul>')
-
Use str
, int
, None
, iterables of these, bool
, or dictionaries
with boolean values as attributes.
.. code:: python
>>> h("input", type="checkbox", checked=True, disabled=False)
raw('<input type="checkbox" checked>')
>>> h("body", klass=["a", "b"])()
raw('<body class="a b"></body>')
>>> h("body", klass={
... "a": True,
... "b": False,
... })()
raw('<body class="a"></body>')
-
Use klass
instead of class
, append a trailing underscore (for_
),
or use underscores instead of dashes (http_equiv
) for attribute names
that cannot be Python identifiers.
.. code:: python
>>> h("div", klass="container")()
raw('<div class="container"></div>')
>>> h("label", for_="name")("Name")
raw('<label for="name">Name</label>')
>>> h("meta", http_equiv="refresh", content=10)
raw('<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10">')
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Render fragments as str
, or into a list of str
for efficient string
building.
.. code:: python
>>> frag("Hello world", "!").render()
'Hello world!'
>>> builder = []
>>> frag("Hello world", "!").render_into(builder)
>>> builder
['Hello world', '!']
>>> "".join(builder)
'Hello world!'
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Does not support comment nodes, unescapable raw text elements
(like inline styles and scripts), or foreign elements (like inline SVG).
Instead, reference external files, or use raw()
with appropriate caution.
Acknowledgements
Inspired by (the good parts of) ScalaTags <https://www.lihaoyi.com/scalatags/>
_.
License
Licensed under the
Apache License, Version 2.0 <https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>
,
or the MIT license <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>
, at your option.