Any python HTML generator libs?

[Steve Holden]

Sullivan WxPyQtKinter wrote:
> Hi, everyone.  Simply put, what I need most now is a python lib to
> generate simple HTML.
> 
> I am now using XML to store my lab report records. I found python
> really convinient to manipulate XML, so I want to make a small on-line
> CGI program to help my colleagues to build their lab report records
> into XML, for storage, HTML display (for others to browse) and search.
> 
> With python's standard lib, the DOM object could realize the XML
> storage and search quite easily, but for HTML generation,  it is a
> great headache.
> 
> I tried to turn to the in-line server-side python script PSP(something
> like asp and php) instead of CGI. However, since the report data is
> always of very complex data structures, it is really hard to write most
> things in-line. For example, a PCR reaction is expected to be shown in
> this format or alike on a web browser:
> 
> PCR
>         Sample: Sm1032
>         Operater: SullivanZ
>         TimeStamp: hh:mm mm-dd-yyyy
>         Reaction:
>                        Reagent1:
>                                          Name:XXXX
>                                          Concentration:XXXX mM
>                                          Volumn:XXX uL
>                        Reagent2:
> ........................
> ........................
> 
> Since there are hundreds of PCR reaction and other operations in the
> lab report, in-line PSP is not a suitable solution. But writing HTML
> directly with print statement is a great pain.
> 
> Will XSTL be useful? Is my problem somewho related with XML-SIG?
> Looking forward to your precious suggestion.
> 
The triple-quoted string with string substitution is your friend. Try 
writing something(s) like:

results = {'secnum': 1, 'type': 'string', 'color': 'blue'}

print """\
<h1>Section %(secnum)s</h1>
<p>Elements of type %(type)s should be coloured %(color)s</p>
""" % results

Alternatively you might want to take a look at the HTMLgen module. It's 
old, but still usable.

regards
  Steve
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