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@@ -16,9 +16,37 @@ is passed to the next.
Askama has a collection of built-in filters, documented below, but can also include custom filters. Additionally, the `json` and `yaml` filters are included in the built-in filters,
but are disabled by default. Enable them with Cargo features (see below for more information).
+**Table of contents**
+
+* **[Built-in filters][#built-in-filters]:**
+ [`abs`][#abs],
+ [`capitalize`][#capitalize],
+ [`center`][#center],
+ [`escape|e`][#escape],
+ [`filesizeformat`][#filesizeformat],
+ [`format`][#format],
+ [`indent`][#indent],
+ [`join`][#join],
+ [`linebreaks`][#linebreaks],
+ [`linebreaksbr`][#linebreaksbr],
+ [`lower|lowercase`][#lower],
+ [`safe`][#safe],
+ [`trim`][#trim],
+ [`truncate`][#truncate],
+ [`upper|uppercase`][#upper],
+ [`wordcount`][#wordcount]
+
+* **[Optional / feature gated filters][#optional-filters]:**
+ [`json|tojson`][#json],
+ [`yaml`][#yaml]
+
+* **[Custom filters][#custom-filters]**
+
## Built-In Filters
+[#built-in-filters]: #built-in-filters
### abs
+[#abs]: #abs
Returns the absolute value.
@@ -33,6 +61,7 @@ Output:
```
### capitalize
+[#capitalize]: #capitalize
Capitalize a value. The first character will be uppercase, all others lowercase:
@@ -47,6 +76,7 @@ Hello
```
### center
+[#center]: #center
Centers the value in a field of a given width:
@@ -60,6 +90,7 @@ Output:
```
### escape | e
+[#escape]: #escape--e
Escapes HTML characters in strings:
@@ -96,6 +127,7 @@ Escape <>&
[`escape = "none"`]: creating_templates.html#the-template-attribute
### filesizeformat
+[#filesizeformat]: #filesizeformat
Returns adequate string representation (in KB, ..) of number of bytes:
@@ -109,6 +141,7 @@ Output:
```
### format
+[#format]: #format
Formats arguments according to the specified format.
@@ -121,6 +154,7 @@ All arguments are passed through to the `format!()` macro by the Askama code gen
```
### indent
+[#indent]: #indent
Indent newlines with width spaces.
@@ -137,6 +171,7 @@ hello
```
### join
+[#join]: #join
Joins iterable into a string separated by provided argument.
@@ -155,6 +190,7 @@ foo, bar, bazz
```
### linebreaks
+[#linebreaks]: #linebreaks
Replaces line breaks in plain text with appropriate HTML.
@@ -171,6 +207,7 @@ Output:
```
### linebreaksbr
+[#linebreaksbr]: #linebreaksbr
Converts all newlines in a piece of plain text to HTML line breaks.
@@ -185,6 +222,7 @@ hello<br />world<br /><br />from<br />askama
```
### paragraphbreaks
+[#paragraphbreaks]: #paragraphbreaks
A new line followed by a blank line becomes `<p>`, but, unlike `linebreaks`, single new lines are ignored and no `<br/>` tags are generated.
@@ -203,6 +241,7 @@ Output:
```
### lower | lowercase
+[#lower]: #lower--lowercase
Converts to lowercase.
@@ -217,6 +256,7 @@ hello
```
### safe
+[#safe]: #safe
Marks a string (or other Display type) as safe. By default all strings are escaped according to the format.
@@ -231,6 +271,7 @@ Output:
```
### trim
+[#trim]: #trim
Strip leading and trailing whitespace.
@@ -245,6 +286,7 @@ hello
```
### truncate
+[#truncate]: #truncate
Limit string length, appends '...' if truncated.
@@ -260,6 +302,7 @@ he...
```
### upper | uppercase
+[#upper]: #upper--uppercase
Converts to uppercase.
@@ -274,6 +317,7 @@ HELLO
```
### wordcount
+[#wordcount]: #wordcount
Count the words in that string.
@@ -288,6 +332,7 @@ Output:
```
## Optional / feature gated filters
+[#optional-filters]: #optional--feature-gated-filters
The following filters can be enabled by requesting the respective feature in the Cargo.toml
[dependencies section](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/specifying-dependencies.html), e.g.
@@ -298,6 +343,7 @@ askama = { version = "0.11.0", features = "serde-json" }
```
### `json` | `tojson`
+[#json]: #json--tojson
Enabling the `serde-json` feature will enable the use of the `json` filter.
This will output formatted JSON for any value that implements the required
@@ -324,6 +370,7 @@ Ugly: <script>var data = '{{data|json|safe}}';</script>
```
### `yaml`
+[#yaml]: #yaml
Enabling the `serde-yaml` feature will enable the use of the `yaml` filter.
This will output formatted YAML for any value that implements the required
@@ -333,8 +380,8 @@ This will output formatted YAML for any value that implements the required
{{ foo|yaml }}
```
-
## Custom Filters
+[#custom-filters]: #custom-filters
To define your own filters, simply have a module named filters in scope of the context deriving a `Template` impl.