template

Render templates using any engine. Supports, layouts, pages, partials and custom template types. Use template helpers, middleware, routes, loaders, and lots more. Powers assemble, verb and other node.js apps.

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Render templates using any engine. Supports, layouts, pages, partials and custom template types. Use template helpers, middleware, routes, loaders, and lots more. Powers assemble, verb and other node.js apps.

Introduction

Here is a brief example of what you can do with Template.
var app = require('template')();
app.engine('tmpl', require('engine-lodash'));

/**
 * Create a custom view collection
 */
app.create('pages');

/**
 * Load views onto the collection (globs work too)
 */

app.page('welcome.tmpl', {path: 'welcome.tmpl', content: 'Hello, <%= name %>!'})
  .page('goodbye.tmpl', {path: 'goodbye.tmpl', content: 'Goodbye, <%= name %>!'});

// get a template
var page = app.pages.get('welcome.tmpl');

// render the template
page.render({name: 'Bob'}, function (err, res) {
  if (err) return console.log(err);
  console.log(res.content);
  //=> 'Hello, Bob!'

  app.pages.get('goodbye.tmpl')
    .render({name: 'Bob'}, function (err, res) {
      if (err) return console.log(err);
      console.log(res.content);
      //=> 'Goodbye, Bob!'
    });
});

Docs are on the way. In the meantime, visit the examples and unit tests to learn more about what Template can do.

Table of contents

Install

Install with npm
$ npm i template --save

API

See to the API documentation.

Template

Create a new instance of Template with the given `options.
Params
  • options {Object}

Example
var app = require('template')();

.data

Load data onto app.cache.data
Params
  • key {String|Object}: Key of the value to set, or object to extend.
  • val {any}
  • returns {Object}: Returns the instance of Template for chaining

Example
console.log(app.cache.data);
//=> {};

app.data('a', 'b');
app.data({c: 'd'});
console.log(app.cache.data);
//=> {a: 'b', c: 'd'}

.create

Create a new Views collection.
Params
  • name {String}: The name of the collection. Plural or singular form.
  • opts {Object}: Collection options
  • loaders {String|Array|Function}: Loaders to use for adding views to the created collection.
  • returns {Object}: Returns the Assemble instance for chaining.

Example
app.create('foo');
app.foo('*.hbs');
var view = app.foo.get('baz.hbs');

.handle

Handle middleware for the given view and locals.
Params
  • method {String}: Router VERB
  • view {Object}: View object
  • locals {Object}
  • cb {Function}
  • returns {Object}

Example
app.handle('customHandle', view);

.compile

Compile content with the given locals.
Params
  • view {Object|String}: View object.
  • locals {Object}
  • isAsync {Boolean}: Load async helpers
  • returns {Object}: View object with fn property with the compiled function.

Example
var blogPost = app.post('2015-09-01-foo-bar');
var view = app.compile(blogPost);
// view.fn => [function]

.render

Render content with the given locals and callback.
Params
  • file {Object|String}: String or normalized template object.
  • locals {Object}: Locals to pass to registered view engines.
  • callback {Function}

Example
var blogPost = app.post('2015-09-01-foo-bar');
app.render(blogPost, function(err, view) {
  // `view` is an object with a rendered `content` property
});

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Running tests

Install dev dependencies:
$ npm i -d && npm test

Build docs

Install devDependencies:
npm i -d && verb

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Authors

Jon Schlinkert

License

Copyright © 2014-2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license.

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on October 31, 2015.