templating

.gitmodules

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[submodule "thirdparty/inja"]
+	path = thirdparty/inja
+	url = https://github.com/pantor/inja
+[submodule "thirdparty/nlohmann"]
+	path = thirdparty/nlohmann
+	url = https://github.com/nlohmann/json

include/templating.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#ifndef TEMPLATING_HPP
+#define TEMPLATING_HPP
+
+#include <inja/inja.hpp>
+#include <crow.h>
+#include <string>
+
+class Templating {
+public:
+    Templating(const std::string& template_dir) : inja_env{template_dir} {}
+    crow::response render_template(const std::string& template_name, const inja::json& data);
+    crow::response render_template(const std::string& template_name);
+
+private:
+    inja::Environment inja_env;
+};
+
+#endif

makefile

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Directories
-INCLUDE_DIR = inc
+INCLUDE_DIRS = include thirdparty/inja/include thirdparty/nlohmann/include
 SRC_DIR = src
 BUILD_DIR = build
 
 # Compiler and linker settings
 CXX = g++
 LIBS = 
-CXXFLAGS = -std=c++17 -I $(INCLUDE_DIR)
+CXXFLAGS = -std=c++17 $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I$(dir))
 
 # Source and object files
 SRC = $(wildcard $(SRC_DIR)/*.cpp)

src/main.cpp

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 #define CROW_STATIC_DIRECTORY "../static"
+#include "templating.hpp"
 #include <crow.h>
 
+
+Templating templating{"../templates"};
+
+
 int main() {
     crow::SimpleApp app;
 
-    CROW_ROUTE(app, "/")([] {
-        return "hello world";
+    CROW_ROUTE(app, "/")([]() {
+        return templating.render_template("index.html");
     });
 
     app.port(8080).multithreaded().run();
-}
-
-// note: replace mustache with jinja
+}

src/templating.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include "templating.hpp"
+
+crow::response Templating::render_template(const std::string& template_name, const inja::json& data) {
+    try {
+        inja::Template template_obj = inja_env.parse_template(template_name);
+        std::string rendered = inja_env.render(template_obj, data);
+        return crow::response(rendered);
+
+    } catch (const inja::RenderError& e) {
+        return crow::response(500, e.what());
+    }
+}
+
+crow::response Templating::render_template(const std::string& template_name) {
+    return render_template(template_name, inja::json{});
+}

templates/bases/base.html

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     <meta name="theme-color" content="#63de90" data-react-helmet="true">
     <meta property="og:site_name" content="Alfieking.dev">
     <meta property="og:url" content="https://alfieking.dev/">
-    <meta property="og:title" content="{{ self.title() }}">
-    <meta property="og:description" content="{{ self.description() }}">
+    <meta property="og:title" content="{% block og-title %}Home - Alfie's basement{% endblock %}">
+    <meta property="og:description" content="{% block og-description %}server backend survivor{% endblock %}">
     <meta property="og:image" content="{% block og_image %}/static/content/general_images/icon.webp{% endblock %}">
     {% block head %}
     {% endblock %}

templates/index.html

@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 
 {% block title %}Home - Alfie's basement{% endblock %}
 {% block description %}server backend survivor{% endblock %}
+{% block og-title %}Home - Alfie's basement{% endblock %}
+{% block og-description %}server backend survivor{% endblock %}
+
 
 {% block head %}
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/index.css">
 {% endblock %}
 
-{%block content %}
+{% block content %}
 <section>
     <h1>A lil bit abt me</h1>
     <p>