tinyhtml

A tiny library to safely render compact HTML5 from Python expressions.

Introduction

This is the entire API. The following documentation is longer than the implementation.

>>> 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.

>>> 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.

>>> 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.

>>> print(h("a", title="&<>\"'")("&<>\"'").render())
<a title="&amp;&lt;&gt;&quot;'">&amp;&lt;&gt;"'</a>

>>> print(raw("<!-- 💥"))
<!-- 💥

Installing

pip install tinyhtml

Features and patterns

Output is compact: Naturally produces no superfluous whitespace between elements.
Fragments provide _repr_html_() for Jupyter Notebook integration.
Includes mypy typings.
```
>>> from tinyhtml import Frag
```

Write templates as functions.

>>> 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.)

>>> 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.

>>> 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.

>>> 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">')

Render fragments as str, or into a list of str for efficient string building.

>>> frag("Hello world", "!").render()
'Hello world!'

>>> builder = []
>>> frag("Hello world", "!").render_into(builder)
>>> builder
['Hello world', '!']
>>> "".join(builder)
'Hello world!'

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.

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, or the MIT license, at your option.

niklasf/python-tinyhtml

tinyhtml

Introduction

Installing

Features and patterns

License