Jinja2 Quick Load Function

jinjarender.py

# Source: http://pydanny.com/jinja2-quick-load-function.html

from jinja2 import FileSystemLoader, Environment

def render_from_template(directory, template_name, **kwargs):
    """Render named Jinja2 template in given direcctory.

    Sample usage::

        >>> from mymodule import render_from_template
        >>> data = {
        ...     "date": "June 12, 2014",
        ...     "items": ["oranges", "bananas", "steak", "milk"]
        ... }
        >>> render_from_template(".", "shopping_list.html", **data)

    """
    loader = FileSystemLoader(directory)
    env = Environment(loader=loader)
    template = env.get_template(template_name)
    return template.render(**kwargs)