express.ui.TagList

express.ui.TagList(self, *args)

Create an HTML tag list (i.e., a fragment of HTML)

Parameters

*args: TagChild = ()

The tag children to add to the list.

Examples

>>> from htmltools import TagList, div
>>> TagList("hello", div(id="foo", class_="bar"))
hello
<div id="foo" class="bar"></div>

Methods

Name	Description
append	Append tag children to the end of the list.
extend	Extend the children by appending an iterable of children.
get_dependencies	Get any dependencies needed to render the HTML.
get_html_string	Return the HTML string for this tag list.
insert	Insert tag children before a given index.
render	Get string representation as well as its HTML dependencies.
save_html	Save to a HTML file.
show	Preview as a complete HTML document.
tagify	Convert any tagifiable children to Tag/TagList objects.

append

express.ui.TagList.append(*args)

Append tag children to the end of the list.

extend

express.ui.TagList.extend(x)

Extend the children by appending an iterable of children.

get_dependencies

express.ui.TagList.get_dependencies(dedup=True)

Get any dependencies needed to render the HTML.

Parameters

dedup: bool = True

Whether to deduplicate the dependencies.

get_html_string

express.ui.TagList.get_html_string(indent=0, eol='\n', *, add_ws=True, _escape_strings=True)

Return the HTML string for this tag list.

Parameters

indent: int = 0

Number of spaces to indent each line of the HTML.

eol: str = ‘’

End-of-line character(s).

add_ws: bool = True

Whether to add whitespace between the opening tag and the first child. If either this is True, or the child’s add_ws attribute is True, then whitespace will be added; if they are both False, then no whitespace will be added.

insert

express.ui.TagList.insert(index, x)

Insert tag children before a given index.

render

express.ui.TagList.render()

Get string representation as well as its HTML dependencies.

save_html

express.ui.TagList.save_html(file, *, libdir='lib', include_version=True)

Save to a HTML file.

Parameters

file: str

The file to save to.

libdir: Optional[str] = ‘lib’

The directory to save the dependencies to.

include_version: bool = True

Whether to include the version number in the dependency folder name.

Returns

Type	Description
str	The path to the generated HTML file.

show

express.ui.TagList.show(renderer='auto')

Preview as a complete HTML document.

Parameters

renderer: Literal[‘auto’, ‘ipython’, ‘browser’] = ‘auto’

The renderer to use.

tagify

express.ui.TagList.tagify()

Convert any tagifiable children to Tag/TagList objects.