templating

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{});
+}