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diff --git a/docs/narr/renderers.rst b/docs/narr/renderers.rst index 9132606b3..e13e09af3 100644 --- a/docs/narr/renderers.rst +++ b/docs/narr/renderers.rst @@ -67,9 +67,8 @@ When this configuration is added to an application, the ``myproject.views.my_view`` view callable will now use a ``json`` renderer, which renders view return values to a :term:`JSON` response serialization. -Other built-in renderers include renderers which use the :term:`Chameleon` -templating language to render a dictionary to a response. Additional -renderers can be added by developers to the system as necessary. +Pyramid defines several :ref:`built_in_renderers`, and additional renderers +can be added by developers to the system as necessary. See :ref:`adding_and_overriding_renderers`. Views which use a renderer and return a non-Response value can vary non-body @@ -129,6 +128,11 @@ Built-In Renderers Several built-in renderers exist in :app:`Pyramid`. These renderers can be used in the ``renderer`` attribute of view configurations. +.. note:: + + Bindings for officially supported templating languages can be found + at :ref:`available_template_system_bindings`. + .. index:: pair: renderer; string @@ -366,136 +370,6 @@ renderer in :ref:`json_serializing_custom_objects` can be used when passing values to a JSONP renderer too. .. index:: - pair: renderer; chameleon - -.. _chameleon_template_renderers: - -``*.pt`` or ``*.txt``: Chameleon Template Renderers -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Two built-in renderers exist for :term:`Chameleon` templates. - -If the ``renderer`` attribute of a view configuration is an absolute path, a -relative path or :term:`asset specification` which has a final path element -with a filename extension of ``.pt``, the Chameleon ZPT renderer is used. -See :ref:`chameleon_zpt_templates` for more information about ZPT templates. - -If the ``renderer`` attribute of a view configuration is an absolute path or -a :term:`asset specification` which has a final path element with a filename -extension of ``.txt``, the :term:`Chameleon` text renderer is used. See -:ref:`chameleon_text_templates` for more information about Chameleon text -templates. - -The behavior of these renderers is the same, except for the engine -used to render the template. - -When a ``renderer`` attribute that names a template path or :term:`asset -specification` (e.g. ``myproject:templates/foo.pt`` or -``myproject:templates/foo.txt``) is used, the view must return a -:term:`Response` object or a Python *dictionary*. If the view callable with -an associated template returns a Python dictionary, the named template will -be passed the dictionary as its keyword arguments, and the template renderer -implementation will return the resulting rendered template in a response to -the user. If the view callable returns anything but a Response object or a -dictionary, an error will be raised. - -Before passing keywords to the template, the keyword arguments derived from -the dictionary returned by the view are augmented. The callable object -- -whatever object was used to define the view -- will be automatically inserted -into the set of keyword arguments passed to the template as the ``view`` -keyword. If the view callable was a class, the ``view`` keyword will be an -instance of that class. Also inserted into the keywords passed to the -template are ``renderer_name`` (the string used in the ``renderer`` attribute -of the directive), ``renderer_info`` (an object containing renderer-related -information), ``context`` (the context resource of the view used to render -the template), and ``request`` (the request passed to the view used to render -the template). ``request`` is also available as ``req`` in Pyramid 1.3+. - -Here's an example view configuration which uses a Chameleon ZPT renderer: - -.. code-block:: python - :linenos: - - # config is an instance of pyramid.config.Configurator - - config.add_view('myproject.views.hello_world', - name='hello', - context='myproject.resources.Hello', - renderer='myproject:templates/foo.pt') - -Here's an example view configuration which uses a Chameleon text renderer: - -.. code-block:: python - :linenos: - - config.add_view('myproject.views.hello_world', - name='hello', - context='myproject.resources.Hello', - renderer='myproject:templates/foo.txt') - -Views which use a Chameleon renderer can vary response attributes by using -the API of the ``request.response`` attribute. See -:ref:`request_response_attr`. - -.. index:: - pair: renderer; mako - -.. _mako_template_renderers: - -``*.mak`` or ``*.mako``: Mako Template Renderer -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -The ``Mako`` template renderer renders views using a Mako template. When -used, the view must return a Response object or a Python *dictionary*. The -dictionary items will then be used in the global template space. If the view -callable returns anything but a Response object or a dictionary, an error -will be raised. - -When using a ``renderer`` argument to a :term:`view configuration` to specify -a Mako template, the value of the ``renderer`` may be a path relative to the -``mako.directories`` setting (e.g. ``some/template.mak``) or, alternately, -it may be a :term:`asset specification` -(e.g. ``apackage:templates/sometemplate.mak``). Mako templates may -internally inherit other Mako templates using a relative filename or a -:term:`asset specification` as desired. - -Here's an example view configuration which uses a relative path: - -.. code-block:: python - :linenos: - - # config is an instance of pyramid.config.Configurator - - config.add_view('myproject.views.hello_world', - name='hello', - context='myproject.resources.Hello', - renderer='foo.mak') - -It's important to note that in Mako's case, the 'relative' path name -``foo.mak`` above is not relative to the package, but is relative to the -directory (or directories) configured for Mako via the ``mako.directories`` -configuration file setting. - -The renderer can also be provided in :term:`asset specification` -format. Here's an example view configuration which uses one: - -.. code-block:: python - :linenos: - - config.add_view('myproject.views.hello_world', - name='hello', - context='myproject.resources.Hello', - renderer='mypackage:templates/foo.mak') - -The above configuration will use the file named ``foo.mak`` in the -``templates`` directory of the ``mypackage`` package. - -The ``Mako`` template renderer can take additional arguments beyond the -standard ``pyramid.reload_templates`` setting, see the -:ref:`environment_chapter` for additional -:ref:`mako_template_renderer_settings`. - -.. index:: single: response headers (from a renderer) single: renderer response headers @@ -705,44 +579,37 @@ ending with ``.jinja2`` in its ``renderer`` value. The ``name`` passed to the ``MyJinja2Renderer`` constructor will be the full value that was set as ``renderer=`` in the view configuration. -.. index:: - pair: renderer; changing +Adding a Default Renderer +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Changing an Existing Renderer -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -You can associate more than one filename extension with the same existing -renderer implementation as necessary if you need to use a different file -extension for the same kinds of templates. For example, to associate the -``.zpt`` extension with the Chameleon ZPT renderer factory, use the -:meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_renderer` method: +To associate a *default* renderer with *all* view configurations (even +ones which do not possess a ``renderer`` attribute), pass ``None`` as +the ``name`` attribute to the renderer tag: .. code-block:: python - config.add_renderer('.zpt', 'pyramid.chameleon_zpt.renderer_factory') - -After you do this, :app:`Pyramid` will treat templates ending in both the -``.pt`` and ``.zpt`` filename extensions as Chameleon ZPT templates. - -To change the default mapping in which files with a ``.pt`` extension are -rendered via a Chameleon ZPT page template renderer, use a variation on the -following in your application's startup code: - -.. code-block:: python + config.add_renderer(None, 'mypackage.json_renderer_factory') - config.add_renderer('.pt', 'mypackage.pt_renderer') +.. index:: + pair: renderer; changing -After you do this, the :term:`renderer factory` in -``mypackage.pt_renderer`` will be used to render templates which end -in ``.pt``, replacing the default Chameleon ZPT renderer. +Changing an Existing Renderer +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -To associate a *default* renderer with *all* view configurations (even -ones which do not possess a ``renderer`` attribute), pass ``None`` as -the ``name`` attribute to the renderer tag: +Pyramid supports overriding almost every aspect of its setup through its +:ref:`Conflict Resolution <automatic_conflict_resolution>` mechanism. This +means that in most cases overriding a renderer is as simple as using the +:meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_renderer` method to re-define the +template extension. For example, if you would like to override the ``.txt`` +extension to specify a new renderer you could do the following: .. code-block:: python - config.add_renderer(None, 'mypackage.json_renderer_factory') + json_renderer = pyramid.renderers.JSON() + config.add_renderer('json', json_renderer) + +After doing this, any views registered with the ``json`` renderer will use +the new renderer. .. index:: pair: renderer; overriding at runtime |