Struct Template

pub struct Template { /* private fields */ }

Responder that renders a dynamic template.

Usage

To use, add the handlebars_templates feature, the tera_templates feature, or both, to the rocket_contrib dependencies section of your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies.rocket_contrib]
version = "0.4.11"
default-features = false
features = ["handlebars_templates", "tera_templates"]

Then, ensure that the template Fairing is attached to your Rocket application:

use rocket_contrib::templates::Template;

fn main() {
    rocket::ignite()
        .attach(Template::fairing())
        // ...
}

The Template type implements Rocket’s Responder trait, so it can be returned from a request handler directly:

use rocket_contrib::templates::Template;

#[get("/")]
fn index() -> Template {
    let context = context();
    Template::render("index", &context)
}

Helpers, Filters, and Customization

You may use the Template::custom() method to construct a fairing with customized templating engines. Among other things, this method allows you to register template helpers and register templates from strings.

Implementations

impl Template

pub fn fairing() -> impl Fairing

Returns a fairing that initializes and maintains templating state.

This fairing, or the one returned by Template::custom(), must be attached to any Rocket instance that wishes to render templates. Failure to attach this fairing will result in a “Uninitialized template context: missing fairing.” error message when a template is attempted to be rendered.

If you wish to customize the internal templating engines, use Template::custom() instead.

Example

To attach this fairing, simple call attach on the application’s Rocket instance with Template::fairing():

extern crate rocket;
extern crate rocket_contrib;

use rocket_contrib::templates::Template;

fn main() {
    rocket::ignite()
        // ...
        .attach(Template::fairing())
        // ...
}

pub fn custom<F>(f: F) -> impl Fairing

where F: Fn(&mut Engines) + Send + Sync + 'static,

Returns a fairing that initializes and maintains templating state.

Unlike Template::fairing(), this method allows you to configure templating engines via the parameter f. Note that only the enabled templating engines will be accessible from the Engines type.

Example

extern crate rocket;
extern crate rocket_contrib;

use rocket_contrib::templates::Template;

fn main() {
    rocket::ignite()
        // ...
        .attach(Template::custom(|engines| {
            // engines.handlebars.register_helper ...
        }))
        // ...
}

pub fn render<S, C>(name: S, context: C) -> Template

where S: Into<Cow<'static, str>>, C: Serialize,

Render the template named name with the context context. The context can be of any type that implements Serialize. This is typically a HashMap or a custom struct.

Example

use std::collections::HashMap;
use rocket_contrib::templates::Template;

// Create a `context`. Here, just an empty `HashMap`.
let mut context = HashMap::new();

let template = Template::render("index", context);

pub fn show<S, C>(rocket: &Rocket, name: S, context: C) -> Option<String>

where S: Into<Cow<'static, str>>, C: Serialize,

Render the template named name with the context context into a String. This method should not be used in any running Rocket application. This method should only be used during testing to validate Template responses. For other uses, use render() instead.

The context can be of any type that implements Serialize. This is typically a HashMap or a custom struct.

Returns Some if the template could be rendered. Otherwise, returns None. If rendering fails, error output is printed to the console. None is also returned if a Template fairing has not been attached.

Example

use std::collections::HashMap;

use rocket_contrib::templates::Template;
use rocket::local::Client;

fn main() {
    let rocket = rocket::ignite().attach(Template::fairing());
    let client = Client::new(rocket).expect("valid rocket");

    // Create a `context`. Here, just an empty `HashMap`.
    let mut context = HashMap::new();

    let template = Template::show(client.rocket(), "index", context);
}

Trait Implementations

impl Debug for Template

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Responder<'static> for Template

Returns a response with the Content-Type derived from the template’s extension and a fixed-size body containing the rendered template. If rendering fails, an Err of Status::InternalServerError is returned.

fn respond_to(self, req: &Request<'_>) -> Result<'static>

Returns Ok if a Response could be generated successfully. Otherwise, returns an Err with a failing Status.