# Solid
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Solid is an implementation in Elixir of the template language [Liquid](https://shopify.github.io/liquid/). It uses [nimble_parsec](https://github.com/plataformatec/nimble_parsec) to generate the parser.
## Basic Usage
```elixir
iex> template = "My name is {{ user.name }}"
iex> {:ok, template} = Solid.parse(template)
iex> Solid.render!(template, %{ "user" => %{ "name" => "José" } }) |> to_string
"My name is José"
```
## Installation
The package can be installed with:
```elixir
def deps do
[{:solid, "~> 0.14"}]
end
```
## Custom tags
To implement a new tag you need to create a new module that implements the `Tag` behaviour:
```elixir
defmodule MyCustomTag do
import NimbleParsec
@behaviour Solid.Tag
@impl true
def spec(_parser) do
space = Solid.Parser.Literal.whitespace(min: 0)
ignore(string("{%"))
|> ignore(space)
|> ignore(string("my_tag"))
|> ignore(space)
|> ignore(string("%}"))
end
@impl true
def render(tag, _context, _options) do
[text: "my first tag"]
end
end
```
- `spec` defines how to parse your tag;
- `render` defines how to render your tag.
Now we need to add the tag to the parser
```elixir
defmodule MyParser do
use Solid.Parser.Base, custom_tags: [MyCustomTag]
end
```
And finally pass the custom parser as an option:
```elixir
"{% my_tag %}"
|> Solid.parse!(parser: MyParser)
|> Solid.render()
```
## Custom filters
While calling `Solid.render` one can pass a module with custom filters:
```elixir
defmodule MyCustomFilters do
def add_one(x), do: x + 1
end
"{{ number | add_one }}"
|> Solid.parse!()
|> Solid.render(%{ "number" => 41}, custom_filters: MyCustomFilters)
|> IO.puts()
# 42
```
Extra options can be passed as last argument to custom filters if an extra argument is accepted:
```elixir
defmodule MyCustomFilters do
def asset_url(path, opts) do
opts[:host] <> path
end
end
opts = [custom_filters: MyCustomFilters, host: "http://example.com"]
"{{ file_path | asset_url }}"
|> Solid.parse!()
|> Solid.render(%{ "file_path" => "/styles/app.css"}, opts)
|> IO.puts()
# http://example.com/styles/app.css
```
## Strict rendering
`Solid.render/3` doesn't raise or return errors unless `strict_variables: true` or `strict_filters: true` are passed as options.
If there are any missing variables/filters `Solid.render/3` returns `{:error, errors, result}` where errors is the list of collected errors and `result` is the rendered template.
`Solid.render!/3` raises if `strict_variables: true` is passed and there are missing variables.
`Solid.render!/3` raises if `strict_filters: true` is passed and there are missing filters.
## Caching
In order to cache `render`-ed templates, you can write your own cache adapter. It should implement behaviour `Solid.Caching`. By default it uses `Solid.Caching.NoCache` trivial adapter.
If you want to use for example [Cachex](https://github.com/whitfin/cachex) for that such implemention would look like:
```elixir
defmodule CachexCache do
@behaviour Solid.Caching
@impl true
def get(key) do
case Cachex.get(:your_cache_name, key) do
{_, nil} -> {:error, :not_found}
{:ok, value} -> {:ok, value}
{:error, error_msg} -> {:error, error_msg}
end
end
@impl true
def put(key, value) do
case Cachex.put(:my_cache, key, value) do
{:ok, true} -> :ok
{:error, error_msg} -> {:error, error_msg}
end
end
end
```
And then pass it as an option to render `cache_module: CachexCache`.
## Using structs in context
In order to pass structs to context you need to implement protocol `Solid.Matcher` for that. That protocol consist of one function `def match(data, keys)`. First argument is struct being provided and second is list of string, which are keys passed after `.` to the struct.
For example:
```elixir
defmodule UserProfile do
defstruct [:full_name]
defimpl Solid.Matcher do
def match(user_profile, ["full_name"]), do: {:ok, user_profile.full_name}
end
end
defmodule User do
defstruct [:email]
def load_profile(%User{} = _user) do
# implementation omitted
%UserProfile{full_name: "John Doe"}
end
defimpl Solid.Matcher do
def match(user, ["email"]), do: {:ok, user.email}
def match(user, ["profile" | keys]), do: user |> User.load_profile() |> @protocol.match(keys)
end
end
template = ~s({{ user.email}}: {{ user.profile.full_name }})
context = %{
"user" => %User{email: "test@example.com"}
}
template |> Solid.parse!() |> Solid.render!(context) |> to_string()
# => test@example.com: John Doe
```
## Contributing
When adding new functionality or fixing bugs consider adding a new test case here inside `test/cases`. These cases are tested against the Ruby gem so we can try to stay as close as possible to the original implementation.
## TODO
- [x] Integration tests using Liquid gem to build fixtures; [#3](https://github.com/edgurgel/solid/pull/3)
- [x] All the standard filters [#8](https://github.com/edgurgel/solid/issues/8)
- [x] Support to custom filters [#11](https://github.com/edgurgel/solid/issues/11)
- [x] Tags (if, case, unless, etc)
- [x] `for`
- [x] `else`
- [x] `break`
- [x] `continue`
- [x] `limit`
- [x] `offset`
- [x] Range (3..5)
- [x] `reversed`
- [x] `forloop` object
- [x] `raw` [#18](https://github.com/edgurgel/solid/issues/18)
- [x] `cycle` [#17](https://github.com/edgurgel/solid/issues/17)
- [x] `capture` [#19](https://github.com/edgurgel/solid/issues/19)
- [x] `increment` [#16](https://github.com/edgurgel/solid/issues/16)
- [x] `decrement` [#16](https://github.com/edgurgel/solid/issues/16)
- [x] Boolean operators [#2](https://github.com/edgurgel/solid/pull/2)
- [x] Whitespace control [#10](https://github.com/edgurgel/solid/issues/10)
## Copyright and License
Copyright (c) 2016-2022 Eduardo Gurgel Pinho
This work is free. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
terms of the MIT License. See the [LICENSE.md](./LICENSE.md) file for more details.
