Thot

Thot is THe Operative Templating : the simpliest solution for Ruby and command to templatize

The Operative Templating

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'thot'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install thot

Thot is a simple templating tool, with :

• a template including token, like : %%TOKEN_NAME%% => Token MUST be in uppercase
• a hash of data (symbols as keys) corresponding, like :

  {token_name: 'value'}

  
  It could generate an output.

From versions upper than 1.2.0, Thot support token syntax like {{TOKEN_NAME}}

• with data :

  {name: 'Romain'}

• and template content : "Hello %%NAME%% !"

Thot simply generate : 'Hello Romain !'

• with data :

  {firstname: 'romain', name: 'georges', nickname: 'zaidyur'}

• and template content : "Hello %%FIRSTNAME.capitalize%% %%NAME.upcase%% your nickname is : %%NICKNAME.reverse.capitalize%% !"

Thot generate : "Hello Romain GEORGES your nickname is : Ruydiaz !"

This usecase use filters, see it in the following chapter. Note : Your could monkey patch String or use Refinment for implementing our own filters.

• Token cloud be construct with {{TOKEN}} or %%TOKEN%%.
• Token must include filtering methods : Thot actually supports String to String piped filters
  • Filters don't support parameters
  • Filters must be stacked seperated by '.'
  • Filters must be in lowercase
  • Filters must be String instance methods returning a String (Modifier)
• Token should have default value
• Default values don't support multiline correctly.

This is some examples of correct TTL syntaxes :

With %%TOKEN%% :

• filters alone : %%NAME.capitalize%%
• stacked filters alone : %%SURNAME.upcase.reverse%%
• token only with default value : %%TOTO(default value)%%
• token only : %%NAME%%
• with filters with default value : %%TOTO.downcase(default value static)%%
• stacked filters with default value : %%SURNAME.upcase.reverse(default)%%

with {{TOKEN}} :

• filters alone: {{NAME.capitalize}}
• stacked filters alone : {{SURNAME.upcase.reverse}}
• token only with default value : {{TOTO(default value)}}
• token only : {{NAME}}
• with filters with default value : {{TOTO.downcase(default value static)}}
• stacked filters with default value : {{SURNAME.upcase.reverse(default)}}

Thot is a library for you usage AND a CLI tool.

you could use Thot in your Ruby code :

Note : Considering 'template.txt' with : 'Hello %%NAME%% !!' Note : in strict mode if the Tokens in template file don't match exactly the given token list, Thot raise an exception.

   require 'thot'
   include Thot
   template = Template::new list_token: [:name] , template_file: './template.txt'
   template.name = 'Romain'
   puts template.output

return

Hello Romain !!

   require 'thot'
   include Thot
   template = Template::new list_token: [:name, :surname] , template_content: 'Hello %%NAM%% !!'
   template.name = 'Romain'
   puts template.output

return

Hello Romain !!

   require 'thot'
   include Thot
   template = Template::new list_token: [:name, :surname] , template_content: 'Hello %%NAME%% !!'
   template.map {name: 'Romain', surname: 'Georges' }
   puts template.output

return

Hello Romain !!

Note : format support is the same for .thot.env files AND given files.

Varfiles support both INI and flat format, like :

for flat :

    key=value
    key = value
      key = value
    # comments and other lines are ignored

for INI :

    key=value
    key = value
      key = value
    # comments and other lines are ignored

    [EVT]
    key=value
    key = value
      key = value
    # comments and other lines are ignored

Note : section are overrides of global values

./.thot.env file :

    key=first value
    key2=first value 

Given file : "/path/to/myfile.ini"

    key=value
   
    [development]
    key=dev value

    [staging]
    key=staging value
    

   require 'thot'
   include Thot
   vars = Varfiles::new varfile: "/path/to/myfile.ini"
   pp vars.data  

output

{key: "dev value", key2: "first value"}

   require 'thot'
   include Thot
   vars = Varfiles::new varfile: "/path/to/myfile.ini", environment: :staging
   pp vars.data  

output

{key: "staging value", key2: "first value"}

Note : default dotfiles priority is : ["~/.thot.env","./.thot.env"]

   require 'thot'
   include Thot
   vars = Varfiles::new varfile: "/path/to/myfile.ini", environment: :staging, dotfiles: []
   pp vars.data  

output

{key: "staging value"}

Thot come with a CLI for templating, you could :

• reading from STDIN or list files arguments
• getting values from variables file by argument --env-var-file, -f FILENAME or from Thot Varfile, see after
• display output on STDOUT
• verbose mode on STDERR if -v options.
• defining environment with --environment, -e ENV (efault environement is :development)
• debug mode on STDERR if -d options (cumulative with verbose).

Note : the Thot CLI look for ~/.thot.env file or ./.thot.env file

This file support INI format or flat format, keys in INI format are used for environment override

Note : CLI work only strict mode false, you could have unused keys in datas and undefined value for tokens (substitute by '').

Order for variable priorities :

• ~/.thot.env
• ./.thot.env
• file passed by --env-var-file

• a file 'template.ttl' with : "Hello %%NAME%% !!"
• a variables file with lines, like :

    key=value
    key = value
      key = value
    # comments and other lines are ignored

sample, env.test:

    name=Romain

In the same path

    $ echo "Hello %%NAME%% !!" |thot -f env.test

    $ thot -f env.test < template.ttl

    $ thot -f env.test < template.ttl > output.txt

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/Ultragreen/thot.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.