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Relative paths for Django template tags 'extends' and 'include'.

Author:
vb64
Posted:
March 17, 2016
Language:
Python
Version:
1.7
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The problem: {% extends "./../base.html" %} won't work with extends.

It causes a lot of inconvenience, if you have an extensive hierarchy of django templates. This library allows relative paths in argument of 'extends' and 'include' template tags. Relative path must start from "./"

Just write in your templates as follows:

{% load relative_path %} {% extends "./base.html" %}

this will extend template "base.html", located in the same folder, where your template placed

{% load relative_path %} {% extends "./../../base.html" %}

extend template "base.html", located at two levels higher

same things works with 'include' tag.

{% load relative_path %} {% include "./base.html" %}

include base.html, located near of your template.

Warning! The rule 'extends tag must be first tag into template' is disabled by this library. Write your template with caution.

Compatibility Code was tested with Django versions from 1.4 to 1.9

Installation.

Installation is differs for Django version 1.9 and previous versions, because 1.9 brings many changes into template's mechanizm.

Django 1.9

Plug reference to library code in 'TEMPLATES' key of settings.py or django.settings.configure()

``` TEMPLATES = [{ 'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates', 'DIRS': [os.path.join(ROOT_PROJECT, 'tpl').replace('\', '/')], 'OPTIONS': {

    'loaders': [
        'dotted_path_to_relative_path_file.FileSystem19',
        'dotted_path_to_relative_path_file.AppDirectories19',
    ],

    'libraries': {
        'relative_path': 'dotted_path_to_relative_path_file',
    },
},
}]

```

Django 1.4/1.8

Put 'relative_path.py' file to the 'templatetags' folders of your app. (app must be included into INSTALLED_APPS tuple)

In settings.py or django.settings.configure(), replace standard django template loaders by loaders from this library

TEMPLATE_LOADERS = ( 'dotted_path_to_relative_path_file.FileSystem', 'dotted_path_to_relative_path_file.AppDirectories', )

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"""
Library for enable relative pathes in django template tags
'extends' and 'include'

(C) 2016 by Vitaly Bogomolov [email protected]
Origin: https://github.com/vb64/django.templates.relative.path
"""

import posixpath

from django import template
from django.conf import settings
from django.template.base import Template as TemplateParent
from django.template.base import (Lexer, Parser, StringOrigin,
                                  TemplateEncodingError, TemplateSyntaxError,
                                  token_kwargs)
from django.template.loader_tags import ExtendsNode as ExtendsNodeParent
from django.template.loader_tags import IncludeNode
from django.template.loaders import app_directories as ad
from django.template.loaders import filesystem as fs
from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode

# django 1.9
try:
    from django.template import (
        TemplateDoesNotExist,
        Template as Template19parent,
    )
    from django.utils.inspect import func_supports_parameter
    from django.template.base import DebugLexer as DebugLexer19
    from django.template.utils import get_app_template_dirs
except:
    pass

################################################
# template loaders
################################################


def compile_string(template_string, origin, name):
    """
    Set template name to Parser instance
    """
    if settings.TEMPLATE_DEBUG:
        from django.template.debug import DebugLexer, DebugParser
        lexer_class, parser_class = DebugLexer, DebugParser
    else:
        lexer_class, parser_class = Lexer, Parser
    lexer = lexer_class(template_string, origin)
    parser = parser_class(lexer.tokenize())
    parser.template_name = name
    return parser.parse()


class Template(TemplateParent):
    """
    Pass template name to Parser
    """

    def __init__(self, template_string, origin=None, name=None, engine=None):
        try:
            template_string = smart_unicode(template_string)
        except UnicodeDecodeError:
            raise TemplateEncodingError("Templates can only be constructed "
                                        "from unicode or UTF-8 strings.")
        if settings.TEMPLATE_DEBUG and origin is None:
            origin = StringOrigin(template_string)
        self.nodelist = compile_string(template_string, origin, name)
        self.name = name
        self.origin = origin

        # !!! ATTENTION !!!
        # always use default engine for render
        try:
            from django.template.engine import Engine
            self.engine = Engine.get_default()
        except Exception:
            self.engine = None


class FileSystem(fs.Loader):
    """
    Use modified Template class
    """
    is_usable = True

    def load_template(self, template_name, template_dirs=None):
        """
        Use modified Template class and pass template name
        """
        source, origin = self.load_template_source(
            template_name,
            template_dirs
        )

        template = Template(
            source,
            name=template_name
        )

        return template, origin


class AppDirectories(ad.Loader):
    """
    Use modified Template class
    """
    is_usable = True

    def load_template(self, template_name, template_dirs=None):
        """
        Use modified Template class and pass template name
        """
        source, origin = self.load_template_source(
            template_name, template_dirs
        )
        template = Template(source, name=template_name)
        return template, origin


class Template19(Template19parent):
    """
    Pass template name to Parser into Django 1.9
    """

    def compile_nodelist(self):
        """
        Pass template name to parser instance
        """

        if self.engine.debug:
            lexer = DebugLexer19(self.source)
        else:
            lexer = Lexer(self.source)

        tokens = lexer.tokenize()
        parser = Parser(
            tokens,
            self.engine.template_libraries,
            self.engine.template_builtins,
        )

        parser.template_name = self.origin.template_name

        try:
            return parser.parse()
        except Exception as e:
            if self.engine.debug:
                e.template_debug = self.get_exception_info(e, e.token)
            raise


class FileSystem19(fs.Loader):
    """
    Use modified Template19 class
    """

    def get_template(self, template_name, template_dirs=None, skip=None):
        """
        Use modified Template19 class and
        pass template name to instance
        """
        tried = []

        args = [template_name]
        if func_supports_parameter(self.get_template_sources, 'template_dirs'):
            args.append(template_dirs)

        for origin in self.get_template_sources(*args):
            if skip is not None and origin in skip:
                tried.append((origin, 'Skipped'))
                continue

            try:
                contents = self.get_contents(origin)
            except TemplateDoesNotExist:
                tried.append((origin, 'Source does not exist'))
                continue
            else:
                return Template19(
                    contents, origin, origin.template_name, self.engine,
                )

        raise TemplateDoesNotExist(template_name, tried=tried)


class AppDirectories19(FileSystem19):
    """
    Use modified Template19 class
    """

    def get_dirs(self):
        """
        Same as core function
        """
        return get_app_template_dirs('templates')

################################################
# template tags 'extends' and 'include'
################################################

register = template.Library()


class ExtendsNode(ExtendsNodeParent):
    """
    !!! ATTENTION !!!
    it disable rule, that 'extends' must be first tag in template
    this need for first {% load relative_path %} tag
    """
    must_be_first = False


def construct_relative_path(name, relative_name):
    """
    Construct new path from saved into parser instance name and given
    relative path in extends/include handlers with posixpath functions,
    then handle new path by standard extends/include rules.
    """

    if not relative_name.startswith('"./'):
        # argument is variable or literal, that not contain relative path
        return relative_name

    new_name = posixpath.normpath(
        posixpath.join(
            posixpath.dirname(name.lstrip('/')),
            relative_name.strip('"')
        )
    )

    if new_name.startswith('../'):
        raise TemplateSyntaxError(
            "Relative name '%s' have more parent folders, then given template name '%s'"
            % (relative_name, name)
        )

    if name.lstrip('/') == new_name:
        raise TemplateSyntaxError(
            "Circular dependencies: relative path '%s' was translated to template name '%s'"
            % (relative_name, name)
        )

    return '"%s"' % new_name


@register.tag('extends')
def do_extends(parser, token):
    """
    Same as core function, with construct_relative_path call
    """
    bits = token.split_contents()
    if len(bits) != 2:
        raise TemplateSyntaxError("'%s' takes one argument" % bits[0])

    bits[1] = construct_relative_path(parser.template_name, bits[1])
    parent_name = parser.compile_filter(bits[1])
    nodelist = parser.parse()
    if nodelist.get_nodes_by_type(ExtendsNode):
        raise TemplateSyntaxError(
            "'%s' cannot appear more than once in the same template"
            % bits[0]
            )
    return ExtendsNode(nodelist, parent_name)


@register.tag('include')
def do_include(parser, token):
    """
    Same as core function, with construct_relative_path call
    """
    bits = token.split_contents()
    if len(bits) < 2:
        raise TemplateSyntaxError(
            "%r tag takes at least one argument: "
            "the name of the template to be included."
            % bits[0]
        )
    options = {}
    remaining_bits = bits[2:]
    while remaining_bits:
        option = remaining_bits.pop(0)
        if option in options:
            raise TemplateSyntaxError('The %r option was specified more '
                                      'than once.' % option)
        if option == 'with':
            value = token_kwargs(remaining_bits, parser, support_legacy=False)
            if not value:
                raise TemplateSyntaxError('"with" in %r tag needs at least '
                                          'one keyword argument.' % bits[0])
        elif option == 'only':
            value = True
        else:
            raise TemplateSyntaxError('Unknown argument for %r tag: %r.' %
                                      (bits[0], option))
        options[option] = value
    isolated_context = options.get('only', False)
    namemap = options.get('with', {})
    bits[1] = construct_relative_path(parser.template_name, bits[1])

    return IncludeNode(parser.compile_filter(bits[1]), extra_context=namemap,
                       isolated_context=isolated_context)

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