hakyll-4.5.0.2: A static website compiler library

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Hakyll.Web.Template

Description

This module provides means for reading and applying Templates.

Templates are tools to convert items into a string. They are perfectly suited for laying out your site.

Let's look at an example template:

 <html>
     <head>
         <title>My crazy homepage - $title$</title>
     </head>
     <body>
         <div id="header">
             <h1>My crazy homepage - $title$</h1>
         </div>
         <div id="content">
             $body$
         </div>
         <div id="footer">
             By reading this you agree that I now own your soul
         </div>
     </body>
 </html>

As you can see, the format is very simple -- $key$ is used to render the $key$ field from the page, everything else is literally copied. If you want to literally insert "$key$" into your page (for example, when you're writing a Hakyll tutorial) you can use

 <p>
     A literal $$key$$.
 </p>

Because of it's simplicity, these templates can be used for more than HTML: you could make, for example, CSS or JS templates as well.

Apart from interpolating $key$s from the Context you can also use the following macros:

  • $if(key)$
 $if(key)$
  <b> Defined </b>
 $else$
  <b> Non-defined </b>
 $endif$

This example will print Defined if key is defined in the context and Non-defined otherwise. The $else$ clause is optional.

  • $for(key)$

The for macro is used for enumerating Context elements that are lists, i.e. constructed using the listField function. Assume that in a context we have an element listField "key" c itms. Then the snippet

 $for(key)$
   $x$
 $sep$,
 $endfor$

would, for each item i in itms, lookup $x$ in the context c with item i, interpolate it, and join the resulting list with ,.

Another concrete example one may consider is the following. Given the context

 listField "things" (field "thing" (return . itemBody))
    (sequence [makeItem "fruits", makeItem "vegetables"])

and a template

  I like
  $for(things)$
    fresh $thing$$sep$, and 
  $endfor$

the resulting page would look like

 <p>
  I like
 
   fresh fruits, and 
 
   fresh vegetables
 </p>

The $sep$ part can be omitted. Usually, you can get by using the applyListTemplate and applyJoinListTemplate functions.

  • $partial(path)$

Loads a template located in a separate file and interpolates it under the current context.

Assuming that the file test.html contains

 <b>$key$</b>

The result of rendering

 <p>
   $partial("test.html")$
 </p>

is the same as the result of rendering

 <p>
   <b>$key$</b>
 </p>

That is, calling $partial$ is equivalent to just copying and pasting template code.

Synopsis

Documentation

data Template Source

Datatype used for template substitutions.

applyTemplateSource

Arguments

:: Template

Template

-> Context a

Context

-> Item a

Page

-> Compiler (Item String)

Resulting item

loadAndApplyTemplateSource

Arguments

:: Identifier

Template identifier

-> Context a

Context

-> Item a

Page

-> Compiler (Item String)

Resulting item

The following pattern is so common:

 tpl <- loadBody "templates/foo.html"
 someCompiler
     >>= applyTemplate tpl context

That we have a single function which does this:

 someCompiler
     >>= loadAndApplyTemplate "templates/foo.html" context

applyAsTemplateSource

Arguments

:: Context String

Context

-> Item String

Item and template

-> Compiler (Item String)

Resulting item

It is also possible that you want to substitute $key$s within the body of an item. This function does that by interpreting the item body as a template, and then applying it to itself.