Ulka Praser is a templating engine made for ulkajs.

🚀 Usage

ClI

npx ulka-parser --t /path/to/template/folder/or/file --o /path/to/output/folder
# OR
npm install -g ulka-parser
ulka-parser --t /path/to/template/folder/or/file --o /path/to/output/folder

Javascript Api

npm i ulka-parser

const { render } = require("ulka-parser")
const template = `Hello, I am {% name %}`
const data = render(template, { name: "Roshan Acharya" })
console.log(data)
// Hello, I am Roshan Acharya

Template Guide

You can write nodejs code inside {% %} in ulka template.

index.ulka

{% const name = "Roshan Acharya".toUpperCase() %}
<h1>Hello, I am {% name %}</h1>

index.html

<h1>ROSHAN ACHARYA</h1>

Variables

index.ulka

{% const name = "I Love Javascript" %}
{% name %}

index.html

I Love Javascript

Loops

index.ulka

{% const languages = [ { name: "javascript", short: "js" }, { name: "typescript", short: "ts" }, ]; %}
<div>
  {% languages.map(lang => `<h1>I Love ${lang.name} (${lang.short}).</h1>`) %}
</div>

index.html

<div>
  <h1>I Love javascript (js).</h1>
  <h1>I Love typescript (ts).</h1>
</div>

Conditionals

index.ulka

{% const iAmWinner = true %}
{% iAmWinner ? "I am Winner": "I am loser" %}

index.html

I am Winner

Import NPM modules

{%  const dayjs = require('dayjs') %}
{% dayjs().format() %}

Ulka parser with express

const express = require("express")
const { engine } = require("ulka-parser")
const app = express()
app.engine("ulka", engine())
app.set("views", "./views")
app.set("view engine", "ulka")
app.get("/", (req, res) => {
  res.render("index", { name: "Roshan Acharya" })
})
app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log("Server listening on port 3000")
})