from lxml import etree
from pyquery.pyquery import PyQuery
class Animator(PyQuery):
def listfill(self, selector, data):
"""Bind list of items to HTML list. In the event of selector yielding
more than prototype item, these are cycled over to be cloned and filled.
"""
proto = self(selector)
parent = proto.parent()
proto.remove()
N = len(proto)
for idx, item in enumerate(data):
parent.append(proto.eq(idx % N).clone().text(item))
def tablefill(self, selector, subselector, data):
"""Bind list of tuples to table. Typically selector='tr' and
subselector='td'. In the event of selector yielding more than
one row, these are cycled over to be cloned and filled."""
proto = self(selector)
parent = proto.parent()
proto.remove()
N = len(proto)
for idx, row in enumerate(data):
parent.append(proto.eq(idx % N).clone().rowfill(subselector, row))
def rowfill(self, selector, values):
"""Bind array to selector's children's text nodes. Length of values
must be no greater than children available in selector."""
q = self(selector)
for idx, value in enumerate(values):
q.eq(idx).text(value)
return self
def test():
template = '''
<table id="nametable">
<tr style="text-color:red"><td>Lorem</td><td>Ipsum</td>
<tr><td>Lorem</td><td>Ipsum</td>
</table>
<p id="error">Error in names</p>
<p>Your name is <span id="username">Lorem Ipsum</span></p>
<ul id="namelist">
<li>Lorem Ipsum</li>
</ul>
'''
data = [('John', 'Smith'), ('Joe', 'Bloggs'), ('Razor', 'Blade')]
names = ['John Smith', 'Joe Blogs']
t = Animator(template)
t('#nametable').tablefill('tr', 'td', data)
t('#nametable').attr.border = '1'
t('#namelist').listfill('li', names)
t('#error').remove()
t('#username').text('Jimmy Choo')
print t
return t
if __name__ == "__main__":
test()
# Resulting output
"""
<div><table id="nametable" border="1"><tr style="text-color:red"><td>John</td><td>Smith</td>
</tr><tr><td>Joe</td><td>Bloggs</td>
</tr><tr style="text-color:red"><td>Razor</td><td>Blade</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Your name is <span id="username">Jimmy Choo</span></p>
<ul id="namelist">
<li>John Smith</li>
<li>Joe Blogs</li>
</ul></div>
"""
Diff to Previous Revision
--- revision 1 2011-12-13 18:48:31
+++ revision 2 2011-12-13 18:49:46
@@ -59,3 +59,17 @@
if __name__ == "__main__":
test()
+
+# Resulting output
+"""
+<div><table id="nametable" border="1"><tr style="text-color:red"><td>John</td><td>Smith</td>
+ </tr><tr><td>Joe</td><td>Bloggs</td>
+ </tr><tr style="text-color:red"><td>Razor</td><td>Blade</td>
+ </tr></table>
+ <p>Your name is <span id="username">Jimmy Choo</span></p>
+ <ul id="namelist">
+ <li>John Smith</li>
+ <li>Joe Blogs</li>
+ </ul></div>
+
+"""
