Experimental Django template loader.

conftest.py

@@ -6,5 +6,10 @@ def django_env() -> None:
     import django
     from django.conf import settings
 
-    settings.configure(TEMPLATES=[{"BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates"}])
+    settings.configure(
+        TEMPLATES=[
+            {"BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates"},
+            {"BACKEND": "htpy.django.HtpyTemplateBackend", "NAME": "htpy"},
+        ]
+    )
     django.setup()

docs/django.md

@@ -127,3 +127,46 @@ class ShoelaceInput(widgets.Widget):
     def render(self, name, value, attrs=None, renderer=None):
         return str(sl_input(attrs, name=name, value=value))
 ```
+
+## The htpy Template Backend
+
+htpy includes a custom template backend. It makes it possible to use htpy
+instead of Django templates in places where a template name is required.  This
+can be used with generic views or third party applications built to be used with
+Django templates.
+
+To enable the htpy template backend, add `htpy.django.HtpyTemplateBackend` to
+the `TEMPLATES` setting:
+
+```py
+TEMPLATES = [
+    ... # Regular Django template configuration goes here
+    {"BACKEND": "htpy.django.HtpyTemplateBackend", "NAME": "htpy"}
+]
+```
+
+In places that expect template names, such as generic views, specify the import
+path as a string to a htpy component function:
+
+
+```python title="pizza/views.py"
+from django.views.generic import ListView
+from pizza.models import Pizza
+
+
+class PizzaListView(ListView):
+    model = Pizza
+    template_name = "pizza.components.pizza_list"
+```
+
+In `pizza/components.py`, create a function that accepts two arguments: the
+template `Context` (a dictionary with the template variables) and a
+`HttpRequest`. It should return the htpy response:
+
+```python title="pizza/components.py"
+from htpy import li, ul
+
+
+def pizza_list(context, request):
+    return ul[(li[pizza.name] for pizza in context["object_list"])]
+```

examples/djangoproject/exampleproject/settings.py

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "django.contrib.messages",
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
     "index",
+    "pizza",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
             ],
         },
     },
+    {"BACKEND": "htpy.django.HtpyTemplateBackend", "NAME": "htpy"},
 ]
 
 WSGI_APPLICATION = "exampleproject.wsgi.application"

examples/djangoproject/exampleproject/urls.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from django.urls import path
 from form.views import my_form
 from index.views import index
+from pizza.views import PizzaListView
 from stream.views import stream
 from widget.views import widget_view
 
@@ -27,5 +28,6 @@
     path("form/", my_form),
     path("widget/", widget_view),
     path("stream/", stream),
+    path("pizza/", PizzaListView.as_view()),
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
 ]

examples/djangoproject/pizza/admin.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Register your models here.

examples/djangoproject/pizza/apps.py

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class TemplatebackendConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+    name = "pizza"

examples/djangoproject/pizza/components.py

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from htpy import li, ul
+
+
+def pizza_list(context, request):
+    return ul[(li[pizza.name] for pizza in context["object_list"])]

examples/djangoproject/pizza/migrations/0001_initial.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.7 on 2024-08-13 20:04
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = []
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="Pizza",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.BigAutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("name", models.CharField(max_length=100)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]

examples/djangoproject/pizza/models.py

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Pizza(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)

examples/djangoproject/pizza/tests.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Create your tests here.

examples/djangoproject/pizza/views.py

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from django.views.generic import ListView
+
+from pizza.models import Pizza
+
+
+class PizzaListView(ListView):
+    model = Pizza
+    template_name = "pizza.components.pizza_list"

htpy/django.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import typing as t
+
+from django.template import Context, TemplateDoesNotExist
+from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
+
+from . import Element, render_node
+
+if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Callable
+
+    from django.http import HttpRequest
+
+
+class _HtpyTemplate:
+    def __init__(self, func: Callable[[Context | None, HttpRequest | None], Element]) -> None:
+        self.func = func
+
+    def render(self, context: Context | None, request: HttpRequest | None) -> str:
+        return render_node(self.func(context, request))
+
+
+class HtpyTemplateBackend:
+    def __init__(self, config: t.Any):
+        pass
+
+    def get_template(self, name: str) -> _HtpyTemplate:
+        try:
+            return _HtpyTemplate(import_string(name))
+        except ImportError:
+            raise TemplateDoesNotExist(name)

tests/test_django.py

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+from typing import Any
+
 import pytest
 from django.forms.utils import ErrorList
-from django.template import Context, Template
+from django.http import HttpRequest
+from django.template import Context, Template, TemplateDoesNotExist
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.safestring import SafeString
 
-from htpy import div, li, ul
+from htpy import Element, Node, div, li, ul
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.usefixtures("django_env")
 
@@ -29,3 +33,25 @@ def test_explicit_escape() -> None:
 def test_errorlist() -> None:
     result = div[ErrorList(["my error"])]
     assert str(result) == """<div><ul class="errorlist"><li>my error</li></ul></div>"""
+
+
+def my_template(context: dict[str, Any], request: HttpRequest | None) -> Element:
+    return div[f"hey {context['name']}"]
+
+
+def my_template_fragment(context: dict[str, Any], request: HttpRequest | None) -> Node:
+    return [div[f"hey {context['name']}"]]
+
+
+class Test_template_loader:
+    def test_render_element(self) -> None:
+        result = render_to_string(__name__ + ".my_template", {"name": "andreas"})
+        assert result == "<div>hey andreas</div>"
+
+    def test_render_fragment(self) -> None:
+        result = render_to_string(__name__ + ".my_template_fragment", {"name": "andreas"})
+        assert result == "<div>hey andreas</div>"
+
+    def test_template_does_not_exist(self) -> None:
+        with pytest.raises(TemplateDoesNotExist):
+            render_to_string(__name__ + ".does_not_exist", {})