Creating HTML in python

Question

I am looking for a way to create html files dynamically in python. I am writing a gallery script, which iterates over directories, collecting file meta data. I intended to

Answer 1

Dominate is a Python library for creating HTML documents and fragments directly in code without using templating. You could create a simple image gallery with something like this:

import glob
from dominate import document
from dominate.tags import *

photos = glob.glob('photos/*.jpg')

with document(title='Photos') as doc:
    h1('Photos')
    for path in photos:
        div(img(src=path), _class='photo')


with open('gallery.html', 'w') as f:
    f.write(doc.render())

Output:

  
    
  
  
    
Photos
    

      
    
    

      
    
  

Disclaimer: I am the author of dominate