The mako2cli Python Project¶

This project aim to port the Mako Template library to a simple command line usage. The command line could render a template file using a data source from a yaml file.

Installation¶

To install the mako2cli Python project, run this command in your terminal:

$ pip install mako2cli

Example¶

Create a file template.mako containing:

hello ${name}!

And a data file data.yaml:

name: world

Now you can render the file with:

$ m2cli -t template.mako -d data.yaml -o rendered

The output is saved to rendered:

hello world!

That’s all!

Usage¶

Mako2cli usage looks like:

$ m2cli [OPTIONS]

-t, --template PATH template file (mako) [required]¶: Path to the file containing the template to render.

-d, --data PATH file containing data (YAML) [required]¶: Path to the file containing the data to use for rendering.

-o, --output PATH output file path [required]¶: File that will contain the rendered file.

--version¶: Display the version and exit.

--help¶: Display a short usage message and exit.