[SOLVED] Passing variables to html file on Python

Passing variables to html file on Python

I'm using the following function to execute a simple HTML view:

import cherrypy
class index(object):
    @cherrypy.expose
    def example(self):
        var = "goodbye"
        index = open("index.html").read()
        return index

Our index.html file is:

<body>
    <h1>Hello, {var}!</h1> 
</body>

How can I pass the {var} variable to the view from my controller?

I'm using CherryPy microframework to run the HTTP server and I'm NOT using any template engine.

Solution

change your html file and format it.

index.html

<body>
    <h1>Hello, {first_header:}!</h1>
    <p>{p2:}, {p1:}!</p>
</body>

The code

index = open("index.html").read().format(first_header='goodbye', 
                                         p1='World', 
                                         p2='Hello')

The Output

<body>
    <h1>Hello, goodbye!</h1>
    <p>Hello, World!</p>
</body>