Parsing!! Not sure how I missed that. Thank you, Anthony. This is exactly what I was looking for.
On Monday, July 13, 2015 at 9:41:09 AM UTC-4, Anthony wrote: > > I don't think I've seen any such tools. In general, it is not very common > to create large static sections of the DOM using the web2py HTML helpers. > They are more useful when you need to generate DOM programmatically (e.g., > input some form configuration parameters and automatically produce a form > DOM, such as how SQLFORM works) -- in that case, though, you would be > writing a function to generate the DOM, not merely parsing some existing > HTML and converting it to web2py helper code. > > What exactly are you trying to achieve? Why do you want to convert that > HTML markup to web2py helper code? > > Note, if you just want to parse some existing HTML into a helper *object > *that > can then be manipulated (rather than producing actual helper *code*), you > can use the parsing functionality of the TAG helper as described here: > http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/05/the-views#Parsing > > Anthony > > On Monday, July 13, 2015 at 9:20:48 AM UTC-4, LoveWeb2py wrote: >> >> Hi Stifan, >> >> Thank you for replying. Do you know if there is anything that converts >> forms automatically? I'd think there would be something to do this by now? >> >> On Monday, July 13, 2015 at 7:46:32 AM UTC-4, LoveWeb2py wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Is there something within web2py that automatically converts html forms >>> to html HELPER SYNTAX? >>> >>> for example here is my form: >>> <div id="checkout-area" style="display: none;"> >>> <h4><i class="icon-shopping-cart"></i> Secure Checkout</h4> >>> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://js.stripe.com/v2/ >>> "></script> >>> <div id="checkout-form" style="display: none;"> >>> <form id="CardForm"> >>> <div class="control-group"> >>> <label>Cardholder Name</label> >>> <input id="CardName"> >>> <span class="help-inline"></span> >>> </div> >>> >>> <div class="control-group"> >>> <label>Address</label> >>> <input id="address"> >>> <span class="help-inline"></span> >>> </div> >>> >>> <div class="control-group"> >>> <label>City</label> >>> <input id="city"> >>> <span class="help-inline"></span> >>> </div> >>> >>> <div class="control-group"> >>> <label>State</label> >>> <input id="state"> >>> <span class="help-inline"></span> >>> </div> >>> >>> <div class="control-group"> >>> <label>Zip Code</label> >>> <input id="zip"> >>> <span class="help-inline"></span> >>> </div> >>> >>> <div id="div-card" class="control-group"> >>> <label>Card Number</label> >>> <input id="CardNumber" placeholder="4242424242424242"/> >>> <span id="span-card" class="help-inline"></span> >>> </div> >>> >>> <div id="div-exp" class="control-group"> >>> <label>Expiration</label> >>> <input id="CardExpiration" placeholder="12/2013"/> >>> <span id="span-exp" class="help-inline"></span> >>> </div> >>> >>> <div id="div-cvc" class="control-group"> >>> <label>CVC Code</label> >>> <input id="CardCVC" placeholder="123"/> >>> <span id="span-cvc" class="help-inline"></span> >>> </div> >>> >>> <div class="form-actions"> >>> <button type="submit" class="btn >>> btn-primary">Submit</button> >>> </div> >>> </form> >>> </div> >>> >>> and I want to convert it something like this: >>> DIV(H4(I(_class='icon-shopping-cart')), _id="checkout_area", >>> _style="display: none;" >>> ) >>> >>> What is the most efficient way to do this? >>> >> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
