yamlGenerator.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import yaml

def generateHtml(msg):
    return '''
        <li>
            <div class="collapsible-header">
                <div class="text--size">{title}</div>
            </div>
            <div class="collapsible-body">
            	<a href="{link}">
                    {author}
                </a>
            </div>
        </li>
	'''.format(title=msg['title'], link=msg['link'], author=msg['author'])


def encodeMsg(msg):
    return {
        'title': msg['title'].encode('utf-8'),
        'link': msg['link'],
        'author': msg['author'].encode('utf-8')
    }


def fileFormat(msg):
    return './files/{volume}/{chapter}/{article}/{number}.pdf'.format(
		volume=msg['volume'], 
		chapter=msg['chapter'],
		article=msg['article'],
		number=msg['number'])


def main():
    # template = ''
    template = open('templates.html', 'w')

    with open("chapters.yaml", 'r') as stream:
        code = yaml.load(stream)
        for chap in code['code']['volumes']['chapters']:
            articles = code['code']['volumes']['chapters'][chap]['articles']
            # templaet.append('Inicio de capitulo {}'.format(chap))
            template.write('<!-- Inicio de capitulo {} -->'.format(chap))
            for a in articles:
                msg = encodeMsg(a)
                msg['link'] = fileFormat({
                    'volume': 'volume1',
                    'chapter': '2',
                    'article': chap,
                    'number': msg['link']
                })
                html = generateHtml(msg)
                template.write(html)
                # template.append(html)
                # print(html)
            template.write('<!-- Fin de capitulo {} -->\n'.format(chap))
        template.close()

main()

# Yaml format
code:
  volumes: 
    chapters: 
      1: 
        articles: 
          - {title: "", 
              link: 1,
              author: ""}
      2: 
        articles: 
          - {title: "", 
              link: 1,
              author: ""}
          - {title: "", 
              link: 1,
              author: ""}