12. Template Rendering¶

flask.render_template(template_name_or_list, **context)[source]¶

Renders a template from the template folder with the given context.

Parameters:	template_name_or_list – the name of the template to be rendered, or an iterable with template names the first one existing will be rendered context – the variables that should be available in the context of the template.

flask.render_template_string(source, **context)[source]¶

Renders a template from the given template source string with the given context. Template variables will be autoescaped.

Parameters:	source – the source code of the template to be rendered context – the variables that should be available in the context of the template.

flask.get_template_attribute(template_name, attribute)[source]¶

Loads a macro (or variable) a template exports. This can be used to invoke a macro from within Python code. If you for example have a template named _cider.html with the following contents:

{% macro hello(name) %}Hello {{ name }}!{% endmacro %}

You can access this from Python code like this:

hello = get_template_attribute('_cider.html', 'hello')
return hello('World')

New in version 0.2.

Parameters:	template_name – the name of the template attribute – the name of the variable of macro to access