starlette/docs/templates.md

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Starlette is not _strictly_ coupled to any particular templating engine, but
Jinja2 provides an excellent choice.
Starlette provides a simple way to get `jinja2` configured. This is probably
what you want to use by default.
```python
from starlette.applications import Starlette
from starlette.routing import Route, Mount
from starlette.templating import Jinja2Templates
from starlette.staticfiles import StaticFiles
templates = Jinja2Templates(directory='templates')
async def homepage(request):
return templates.TemplateResponse('index.html', {'request': request})
routes = [
Route('/', endpoint=homepage),
Mount('/static', StaticFiles(directory='static'), name='static')
]
app = Starlette(debug=True, routes=routes)
```
Note that the incoming `request` instance must be included as part of the
template context.
The Jinja2 template context will automatically include a `url_for` function,
so we can correctly hyperlink to other pages within the application.
For example, we can link to static files from within our HTML templates:
```html
<link href="{{ url_for('static', path='/css/bootstrap.min.css') }}" rel="stylesheet" />
```
If you want to use [custom filters][jinja2], you will need to update the `env`
property of `Jinja2Templates`:
```python
from commonmark import commonmark
from starlette.templating import Jinja2Templates
def marked_filter(text):
return commonmark(text)
templates = Jinja2Templates(directory='templates')
templates.env.filters['marked'] = marked_filter
```
## Context processors
A context processor is a function that returns a dictionary to be merged into a template context.
Every function takes only one argument `request` and must return a dictionary to add to the context.
A common use case of template processors is to extend the template context with shared variables.
```python
import typing
from starlette.requests import Request
def app_context(request: Request) -> typing.Dict[str, typing.Any]:
return {'app': request.app}
```
### Registering context templates
Pass context processors to `context_processors` argument of the `Jinja2Templates` class.
```python
import typing
from starlette.requests import Request
from starlette.templating import Jinja2Templates
def app_context(request: Request) -> typing.Dict[str, typing.Any]:
return {'app': request.app}
templates = Jinja2Templates(
directory='templates', context_processors=[app_context]
)
```
!!! info
Asynchronous functions as context processors are not supported.
## Testing template responses
When using the test client, template responses include `.template` and `.context`
attributes.
```python
from starlette.testclient import TestClient
def test_homepage():
client = TestClient(app)
response = client.get("/")
assert response.status_code == 200
assert response.template.name == 'index.html'
assert "request" in response.context
```
## Customizing Jinja2 Environment
`Jinja2Templates` accepts all options supported by Jinja2 `Environment`.
This will allow more control over the `Environment` instance created by Starlette.
For the list of options available to `Environment` you can check Jinja2 documentation [here](https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/3.0.x/api/#jinja2.Environment)
```python
from starlette.templating import Jinja2Templates
templates = Jinja2Templates(directory='templates', autoescape=False, auto_reload=True)
```
## Asynchronous template rendering
Jinja2 supports async template rendering, however as a general rule
we'd recommend that you keep your templates free from logic that invokes
database lookups, or other I/O operations.
Instead we'd recommend that you ensure that your endpoints perform all I/O,
for example, strictly evaluate any database queries within the view and
include the final results in the context.
[jinja2]: https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/3.0.x/api/?highlight=environment#writing-filters