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https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/datatemplates

Sphinx plugin for generating RST on the fly from data files and templates.
https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/datatemplates

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Sphinx plugin for generating RST on the fly from data files and templates.

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.. -*- mode: rst -*-

=============================
sphinxcontrib-datatemplates
=============================

This package contains sphinxcontrb.datatemplates, an extension for
Sphinx to render parts of reStructuredText pages from data files in
formats like JSON, YAML, and CSV.

* Repo: https://github.com/sphinxcontrib/sphinxcontrib.datatemplates
* Docs: http://sphinxcontribdatatemplates.readthedocs.io/

Sample YAML Input
=================

::

---
key1: value1
key2:
- list item 1
- list item 2
- list item 3
nested-list:
- ['a', 'b', 'c']
- ['A', 'B', 'C']
mapping-series:
- cola: a
colb: b
colc: c
- cola: A
colb: B
colc: C

Sample Template
===============

::

.. -*- mode: rst -*-

Individual Item
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

{{ data['key1'] }}

List of Items
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

{% for item in data['key2'] %}
- {{item}}
{% endfor %}

Nested List Table
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rendering a table from a list of nested sequences using hard-coded
headers.

{{ make_list_table(
['One', 'Two', 'Three'],
data['nested-list'],
title='Table from nested lists',
) }}

Mapping Series Table
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rendering a table from a list of nested dictionaries using dynamic
headers.

{{ make_list_table_from_mappings(
[('One', 'cola'), ('Two', 'colb'), ('Three', 'colc')],
data['mapping-series'],
title='Table from series of mappings',
) }}

Rendered Output
===============

See the `sphinx output
`_ online.