#yaml #template #document #generator #file #filename #body

bin+lib gendoc

Simple document generator from yaml template

5 releases (3 breaking)

0.4.1 Feb 13, 2022
0.4.0 Dec 26, 2020
0.3.1 Feb 13, 2022
0.3.0 Sep 27, 2020
0.1.0 Sep 26, 2020

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gendoc

gendoc on crates.io Rust

Simple document generator with template yaml file

Usage

Run gendoc with gendoc.yaml file

$ cat gendoc.yaml
filename: test_<datetime>.rb
body: |
  # frozen_string_literal: true

  require 'json'

  puts JSON.parse("{}")
$ gendoc
Document generated: ./test_20200927023752.rb
$ cat test_20200927023752.rb
# frozen_string_literal: true

require 'json'

puts JSON.parse("{}")
$ ruby test_20200927023752.rb
{}

Settings

There are some setting parameters.

parameter info required
filename A filename of a generated document.
body A body of a generated document.
dir A directory of a generated document. It will be parsed as a relative path (ex: tmp -> ./tmp). gendoc does NOT create a new directory on generation time.

Meta tags

There are some meta tags which are converted on generation time.

meta tag info
<date> Converted to formatted date. Format is YYYYmmdd. (ex: <date> -> 19720719)
<date:_format_string_> Same as <date>, and you can pass an format string. (ex: <date:%Y-%m-%d> -> 1972-07-19)
<datetime> Converted to formatted datetime. Format is YYYYmmddHHMMSS. (ex: <datetime> -> 19720719000545)
<datetime:_format_string_> Same as <datetime>, and you can pass an format string. (ex: <datetime:%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S> -> 1972-07-19-000545)
<input> Converted to input text. You should pass text from STDIN on generation time.

To get more info abount format string, see here.

Multiple settings

Here's a sample gendoc.yaml to set multiple settings.

sample1:
  filename: sample1.txt
  body: |
    this is a 1st setting
saple2:
  filename: sample2.txt
  body: |
    this is a 2nd setting

Run gendoc with a setting name.

$ gendoc sample2
Document generated: sample2.txt
$ cat sample2.txt
this is a 2nd setting

TODO

  • Be able to set argument to <input> tag. (<input> with the same argument will be filled with the same value.)

Dependencies

~4.5–6.5MB
~112K SLoC