node-pate's Introduction

About

Pâté is a simple XPath-oriented, express-compatible template engine for Node.js

Installation

npm install node-pate

Dependencies

Pâté depends on libxmljs, thus compilation is needed via node-gyp

Dependencies source:

Python
- Unix: Python v2.7
- Windows: v2.7.3
C/C++ Compiler
- Unix: GCC
- Windows: Visual Studio C++ 2010 Express

Basic usage

var pate = require('node-pate');
var formatter = require('./format_lib.js');

var options = {
    tpl: '{{ bread/@name }} price: $[[ formatMoney({{ bread/@price }}) ]] ([[ moneyToWords({{ bread/@price }}) ]])',
    xml: '<data><row><bread name="Bretzel" price="42.56" /></row></data>',
    xpath: '/*/*',
    format_lib: formatter
};

pate.parse(options, function (err, data) {
    console.log(data);
});

Output:

Bretzel price: $42.56 (CUARENTA Y DOS PESOS CON 56/100)

Express example

Application:

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var router = express.Router();

var pate = require('node-pate');
var formatter = require('./format_lib.js')

// view engine setup
app.engine('html', pate.__express);
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));

...

router.get('/test', function(req, res, next) {
  res.render('templates/test.html', {
    xml: '<data><row><bread name="Bretzel" price="42.56" /></row></data>',
    xpath: '/*/*',
    format_lib: formatter
  });
});

Test:

cd test-express && node bin/www

Go to: http://localhost:3000/test

Status

This software is still evolving. There are likely cases that it cannot handle, so file a feature request in github if there is something you think it should do.