Template

Use templates to create dynamic content, including HTML and plain TEXT.

`cloud.template`

Render

.render

cloud.template.render(template_file, template_values)

Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
`template_file`	The path to the template, relative to your tpl folder	string	`nil`	Y
`template_values`	A table of token=value attributes for the template.	table	`nil`	N

Returns

Rendered template text.

Example

--using `index.tpl` from tpl/index.tpl

local page = {
  title = "Hello Lua",
  content = "Here is some content for the template"
}

local str = cloud.template.render( 'index.tpl', page )

--Return as HTML page
return str, cloud.HTML

Template (Abridged)

<!-- tpl/index.tpl -->
<html>
<head>
  <title>{{ page.title }}</title>
  ...
</head>
<body>
  <div>{{ page.content }}</div>
</body>
</html>