get_template_attribute

Loads a macro (or variable) a template exports. This can be used to invoke a macro from within Python code. If you for example have a template named :file:_cider.html with the following contents:

.. sourcecode:: html+jinja

   \{% macro hello(name) %\}Hello \{\{ name \}\}!\{% endmacro %\}

You can access this from Python code like this::

    hello = get_template_attribute('_cider.html', 'hello')
    return hello('World')

.. versionadded:: 0.2

:param template_name: the name of the template
:param attribute: the name of the variable of macro to access

def get_template_attribute(
    template_name: str,
    attribute: str
) - > Any

Loads a macro (or variable) a template exports. This can be used to invoke a macro from within Python code.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
template_name	str	The path or name of the Jinja template to load
attribute	str	The name of the specific macro or variable exported by the template to retrieve

Returns

Type	Description
Any	The exported macro or variable from the template's module namespace