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Utility filters

The jinja2 environment also contains some pre-defined filters.

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The output gets passed to the first argument of the filter function. Filters are separated from the variable by a pipe symbol (|) and may have optional arguments in parentheses. Multiple filters can be chained. The output of one filter is applied to the next.

A base collection of filters is provided by jinjarope

Additional filters provided by MkNodes:

Example:

"PageName" | get_link

Return a markdown link for given target.

Target can be a class, a module, a MkPage, MkNav or a string.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
target LinkableType

The thing to link to

required
title str | None

The title to use for the link

None

get_url

Example:

"PageName" | get_url

Get a url for given target.

Target can be a class, a module, a MkPage, MkNav or a string.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
target LinkableType

The thing to link to

required

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mknodes.manual.templating_section._
@nav.route.page("Utility filters")
def _(page: mk.MkPage):
    page += mk.MkTemplate("templating/template_filters.jinja")
Resources
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          markdown_extensions={'attr_list': {},
                               'md_in_html': {},
                               'pymdownx.emoji': {'emoji_generator': <function to_svg at 0x7fd7a6931800>,
                                                  'emoji_index': <function twemoji at 0x7fd7a69316c0>},
                               'pymdownx.magiclink': {'repo': 'mknodes',
                                                      'repo_url_shorthand': True,
                                                      'user': 'phil65'}},
          plugins=[],
          js=[],
          assets=[],
          packages=[])
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template: SUMMARY.html
title: Utility filters