Pystache
========

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This updated fork of Pystache is currently tested on Python 3.8+ and in
Conda, on Linux, Macos, and Windows.

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`Pystache <https://github.com/PennyDreadfulMTG/pystache>`__ is a Python
implementation of `Mustache <https://github.com/mustache/mustache/>`__.
Mustache is a framework-agnostic, logic-free templating system inspired
by `ctemplate <https://code.google.com/p/google-ctemplate/>`__ and
et. Like ctemplate, Mustache "emphasizes separating logic from presentation:
it is impossible to embed application logic in this template language."

The `mustache(5) <https://mustache.github.io/mustache.5.html>`__ man
page provides a good introduction to Mustache's syntax. For a more
complete (and more current) description of Mustache's behavior, see the
official `Mustache spec <https://github.com/mustache/spec>`__.

Pystache is `semantically versioned <https://semver.org>`__ and older
versions can still be found on `PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pystache>`__.
This version of Pystache now passes all tests in `version 1.1.3
<https://github.com/mustache/spec/tree/v1.1.3>`__ of the spec.


Requirements
============

Pystache is tested with:

-  Python 3.8
-  Python 3.9
-  Python 3.10
-  Python 3.11
-  Python 3.12
-  Python 3.13
-  Conda (py38 and py310)

JSON support is needed only for the command-line interface and to run
the spec tests; PyYAML can still be used (see the Develop section).

Official support for Python 2 has ended with Pystache version 0.6.0.


.. note:: This project uses setuptools_scm_ to generate and maintain the
          version file, which only gets included in the sdist/wheel
          packages. In a fresh clone, running any of the tox_ commands
          should generate the current version file.

.. _setuptools_scm: https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm
.. _tox: https://github.com/tox-dev/tox


Quick Start
===========

Be sure to get the latest release from either Pypi or Github.

Install It
----------

From Pypi::

  $ pip install pystache

Or Github::

  $ pip install -U pystache -f https://github.com/PennyDreadfulMTG/pystache/releases/


And test it::

  $ pystache-test

To install and test from source (e.g. from GitHub), see the Develop
section.

Use It
------

Open a python console::

  >>> import pystache
  >>> print(pystache.render('Hi {{person}}!', {'person': 'Mom'}))
  Hi Mom!

You can also create dedicated view classes to hold your view logic.

Here's your view class (in ../pystache/tests/examples/readme.py):

::

  class SayHello(object):
      def to(self):
          return "Pizza"

Instantiating like so:

::

  >>> from pystache.tests.examples.readme import SayHello
  >>> hello = SayHello()

Then your template, say_hello.mustache (by default in the same directory
as your class definition):

::

  Hello, {{to}}!

Pull it together:

::

  >>> renderer = pystache.Renderer()
  >>> print(renderer.render(hello))
  Hello, Pizza!

For greater control over rendering (e.g. to specify a custom template
directory), use the ``Renderer`` class like above. One can pass
attributes to the Renderer class constructor or set them on a Renderer
instance. To customize template loading on a per-view basis, subclass
``TemplateSpec``. See the docstrings of the
`Renderer <https://github.com/PennyDreadfulMTG/pystache/blob/master/pystache/renderer.py>`__
class and
`TemplateSpec <https://github.com/PennyDreadfulMTG/pystache/blob/master/pystache/template_spec.py>`__
class for more information.

You can also pre-parse a template:

::

  >>> parsed = pystache.parse(u"Hey {{#who}}{{.}}!{{/who}}")
  >>> print(parsed)
  ['Hey ', _SectionNode(key='who', index_begin=12, index_end=18, parsed=[_EscapeNode(key='.'), '!'])]

And then:

::

  >>> print(renderer.render(parsed, {'who': 'Pops'}))
  Hey Pops!
  >>> print(renderer.render(parsed, {'who': 'you'}))
  Hey you!


Unicode
-------

This section describes how Pystache handles unicode, strings, and
encodings.

Internally, Pystache uses `only unicode strings`_ (``str`` in Python 3).
For input, Pystache accepts byte strings (``bytes`` in Python 3).
For output, Pystache's template rendering methods return only unicode.

.. _only unicode strings: https://docs.python.org/howto/unicode.html#tips-for-writing-unicode-aware-programs

Pystache's ``Renderer`` class supports a number of attributes to control
how Pystache converts byte strings to unicode on input. These include
the ``file_encoding``, ``string_encoding``, and ``decode_errors`` attributes.

The ``file_encoding`` attribute is the encoding the renderer uses to
convert to unicode any files read from the file system. Similarly,
``string_encoding`` is the encoding the renderer uses to convert any other
byte strings encountered during the rendering process into unicode (e.g.
context values that are encoded byte strings).

The ``decode_errors`` attribute is what the renderer passes as the
``errors`` argument to Python's built-in unicode-decoding function
(``str()`` in Python 3). The valid values for this argument are
``strict``, ``ignore``, and ``replace``.

Each of these attributes can be set via the ``Renderer`` class's
constructor using a keyword argument of the same name. See the Renderer
class's docstrings for further details. In addition, the ``file_encoding``
attribute can be controlled on a per-view basis by subclassing the
``TemplateSpec`` class. When not specified explicitly, these attributes
default to values set in Pystache's ``defaults`` module.


Develop
=======

To test from a source distribution (without installing)::

  $ python test_pystache.py

To test Pystache with multiple versions of Python (with a single
command!) and different platforms, you can use [tox](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tox)::

  $ pip install tox
  $ tox -e py

To run tests on multiple versions with coverage, run::

  $ tox -e py38-linux,py39-linux  # for example

(substitute your platform above, eg, macos or windows)

The source distribution tests also include doctests and tests from the
Mustache spec. To include tests from the Mustache spec in your test
runs::

  $ git submodule update --init

The test harness parses the spec's (more human-readable) yaml files if
`PyYAML <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyYAML>`__ is present. Otherwise,
it parses the json files. To install PyYAML::

  $ pip install pyyaml  # note this is installed automatically by tox

Once the submodule is available, you can run the full test set with::

  $ tox -e setup -- ext/spec/specs


Making Changes & Contributing
-----------------------------

We use the gitchangelog_ action to generate our github Release page, as
well as the gitchangelog message format to help it categorize/filter
commits for a tidier release page. Please use the appropriate ACTION
modifiers in any Pull Requests.

This repo is also pre-commit_ enabled for various linting and format
checks.  The checks run automatically on commit and will fail the
commit (if not clean) with some checks performing simple file corrections.

If other checks fail on commit, the failure display should explain the error
types and line numbers. Note you must fix any fatal errors for the
commit to succeed; some errors should be fixed automatically (use
``git status`` and ``git diff`` to review any changes).

Note ``pylint`` is the primary check that requires your own input, as well
as a decision as to the appropriate fix action.  You must fix any ``pylint``
warnings (relative to the baseline config score) for the commit to succeed.

See the following pages for more information on gitchangelog and pre-commit.

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* generate-changelog_
* pre-commit-config_
* pre-commit-usage_

.. _generate-changelog:  docs/source/dev/generate-changelog.rst
.. _pre-commit-config: docs/source/dev/pre-commit-config.rst
.. _pre-commit-usage: docs/source/dev/pre-commit-usage.rst
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You will need to install pre-commit before contributing any changes;
installing it using your system's package manager is recommended,
otherwise install with pip into your usual virtual environment using
something like::

  $ sudo emerge pre-commit  --or--
  $ pip install pre-commit

then install it into the repo you just cloned::

  $ git clone https://github.com/PennyDreadfulMTG/pystache
  $ cd pystache/
  $ pre-commit install

It's usually a good idea to update the hooks to the latest version::

    pre-commit autoupdate

.. _gitchangelog: https://github.com/sarnold/gitchangelog-action
.. _pre-commit: https://pre-commit.com/


Credits
=======

  >>> import pystache
  >>> context = { 'author': 'Chris Wanstrath', 'maintainer': 'Chris Jerdonek','refurbisher': 'Steve Arnold', 'new_maintainer': 'Thomas David Baker' }
  >>> print(pystache.render("Author: {{author}}\nMaintainer: {{maintainer}}\nRefurbisher: {{refurbisher}}\nNew maintainer: {{new_maintainer}}", context))
  Author: Chris Wanstrath
  Maintainer: Chris Jerdonek
  Refurbisher: Steve Arnold
  New maintainer: Thomas David Baker


Pystache logo by `David Phillips <http://davidphillips.us/>`__ is
licensed under a `Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
License <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US>`__.

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