interpolate

Interpolate a string using expressions, data and filters.

Installation

Install with component(1):

$ component install ripplejs/interpolate

Getting Started

Interpolate is a constructor function. You can set the delimiters and filters on the interpolator once it has been created.

var Interpolator = require('interpolate');
var interpolate = new Interpolator();

var result = interpolate.replace('Hello {{world}}! I am {{ (age / 2) + 7 }}.', {
  world: 'Pluto',
  age: 26
});

The .replace method replaces interpolation expressions within strings.

You can add filters:

interpolate.filter('caps', function(val){
  return val.toUpperCase();
});

var result = interpolate.replace('Hello {{world | caps}}!', {
  world: 'Pluto',
  age: 26
});

Filters are piped, UNIX-style.

interpolate.replace('Hello {{ world | caps | currency | makeItRed }}!')

You can also pass in arguments to filters

interpolate.replace('Hello {{ world | date:%B %d, %Y at %I:%M%P }}');

Arguments start after : and are separated by a ,. The filter function will be passed the value first and the arguments after that, and should return the value.

interpolate.filter('date', function(val, arg1, arg2) {
  return val;
});

In the previous example, you can wrap the args in quotes to send it through as a single argument:

interpolate.replace('Hello {{ world | date":%B %d, %Y at %I:%M%P" }}');

API

Interpolator()

Return a new interpolator

var interpolate = new Interpolator();

interpolate#filter(name, fn)

Add a new filter

interpolate.filter('caps', function(val){
  return val.toUpperCase();
});

If the filter passes in arguments they will be sent to this function.

interpolate.filter('date', function(val, date, time){
  return val;
});

interpolate.replace('Hello {{ world | date:%B %d, %Y at %I:%M%P }}');

Arguments are separated by a comma. The can be wrapped in quotes to return a single paramter:

interpolate.filter('date', function(val, date){
  return val;
});

interpolate.replace('Hello {{ world | date:"%B %d, %Y at %I:%M%P" }}');

interpolate#delimiters(regex)

Set the delimiters to use for expressions. Defaults to using {{expr}}-style.

This regex must match this format: /\{\{([^}]+)\}\}/g

The first match must be the contents of the delimiters and it must be a global match.

interpolate#replace(string, data)

Replace the expressions within a string and return the new string. Use this method when you know you want the returned value to be a string.

var result = interpolate.replace('Hello {{world}}! I am {{ (age / 2) + 7 }}.', {
  world: 'Pluto',
  age: 26
});

interpolate#props

You can get all of the properties needed for a string by passing a string to #props

var deps = interpolate.props('Hello {{world}}');
// deps = ['world']

interpolate#values(string, data)

Get the result of all expressions within a string

var values = interpolate.values('Hi {{name}}, The items are {{items}} with {{items.length}}', {
  items: items,
  name: 'Fred'
});

values[0] === 'Fred'
values[1] === items
values[2] === 3

interpolate#value(string, data)

Get the raw result of an expression instead of a string.

var value = interpolate.value('{{items}}', {
  items: [1,2,3]
});

value === [1,2,3]

If there is more than a single expression, it is smart enough to realize that you will want to interpolate a string and will switch the the .replace method.

var value = interpolate.value('Hello {{name}}! You have {{messages.length}} messages', {
  name: 'Fred',
  messages: []
});

value === 'Hello Fred! You have 0 messages'

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.