Jinja-cgi interface template: Difference between revisions
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| − | | Collectively developed by: || The people behind Python, Jinja2, cgi, html, css, Jquery & Algolit | + | | Collectively developed by: || The people behind Python, Jinja2, cgi, html, css, Jquery & Michael Murtaugh, Algolit |
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==interface.cgi== | ==interface.cgi== | ||
| − | This is the place where the python code goes. | + | This is the place where the python code goes. There are 3 important stages here: |
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| + | * getting the values from the submitted form in interface.html | ||
| + | * processing these values | ||
| + | * turning the values into jinja templating variables | ||
==interface.html== | ==interface.html== | ||
| − | This is the place where the variables from the .cgi script can be used. Jinja2 is used to | + | This is the place where the variables from the .cgi script can be get from and send back to. |
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| + | A '''html <form>''' with <input> fields is used to get values from the input of the user. '''Jinja2''' is used to send the variables back into the html framework. | ||
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| + | ===Examples of a html form=== | ||
| − | + | <form action="" method="post"> | |
| + | <textarea name="input_text" rows="20"> | ||
| + | <input type="text" name="author" value="" required> | ||
| − | + | <input type="submit" value="submit"> | |
| + | </form> | ||
| + | ===Examples of jinja syntax=== | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <nowiki>{{ var }}</nowiki> | ||
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| + | <br> | ||
| + | <nowiki><div class="element">{{ var }}</div></nowiki> | ||
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| + | <br> | ||
{% if var %} | {% if var %} | ||
| − | {{ var }} | + | <nowiki>{{ var }}</nowiki> |
{% endif %} | {% endif %} | ||
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{% for v in vars %} | {% for v in vars %} | ||
| − | {{ v }} | + | <nowiki>{{ v }}</nowiki> |
{% endfor %} | {% endfor %} | ||
| + | <br> | ||
==export.cgi== | ==export.cgi== | ||
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The stylesheet export.css is applied to the exported documents. | The stylesheet export.css is applied to the exported documents. | ||
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| + | [[Category:Algoliterary-Encounters]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:59, 25 October 2017
| Type: | Algoliterary tool |
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| Collectively developed by: | The people behind Python, Jinja2, cgi, html, css, Jquery & Michael Murtaugh, Algolit |
The file structure is the following:
cgi-bin/ export.cgi interface.cgi css/ export.css fonts/ stylesheet.css img/ loading.gif interface.html js/ jquery-2.1.3.js output/ html/ pdf/ README.md
Contents
interface.cgi
This is the place where the python code goes. There are 3 important stages here:
- getting the values from the submitted form in interface.html
- processing these values
- turning the values into jinja templating variables
interface.html
This is the place where the variables from the .cgi script can be get from and send back to.
A html <form> with <input> fields is used to get values from the input of the user. Jinja2 is used to send the variables back into the html framework.
Examples of a html form
<form action="" method="post"> <textarea name="input_text" rows="20"> <input type="text" name="author" value="" required>
<input type="submit" value="submit"> </form>
Examples of jinja syntax
{{ var }}
<div class="element">{{ var }}</div>
{% if var %}
{{ var }}
{% endif %}
{% for v in vars %}
{{ v }}
{% endfor %}
export.cgi
This script is called when hitting 'submit' in the export section of the interface. Jquery uses an ajax call to run the script. It creates a .html and a .pdf document in the output/ folder.
The stylesheet export.css is applied to the exported documents.