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This is a Python snippet, talking about templatetag and django

Python: templatetag, django

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import random
from django.template.defaulttags import register, Node, NodeList

class Sometimes(Node):
    def __init__(self, parser, token):
        args = token.contents.split()
        if len(args) == 1:
            self.weight = .2
        elif len(args) == 2:
            self.weight = float(args[1])
        else:
            raise TemplateSyntaxError("Invalid arguments to 'sometimes': %s" % args) 
        self.options = NodeList()
        while True:
            option = parser.parse( ('else', 'endsometimes') )
            token = parser.next_token()
            self.options.append(option)
            if token.contents == 'else':
                continue
            else:
                parser.delete_first_token()
                break
    
    def render(self, context):
        if random.random() <= self.weight:
            return self.options[0].render(context)
        else:
            return self.options[1].render(context)
            
register.tag("sometimes", Sometimes)

Adds a templatetag that works like an if block, but . The one and only argument is a float that reflects the percentage chance. It defaults to .2, %20.

{% sometimes %} {% else %} {% endsometimes %}

-- or --

{% sometimes .001 %} You win! {% else %} Sorry, not a winner. Play again! {% endsometimes %}

-- or --

{% sometimes .5 %} This shows up half the time. {% endsometimes %}

Created by prof.syd.xu (395 days, 12.44 hours ago)

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