How do I use regular expressions in Jinja2?

Question

I\'m new to Jinja2 and so far I\'ve been able to do most of what I want. However, I need to use regular expressions and I can\'t seem to find anything anywhere in the docume

Answer 1

There is an already existing filter called replace that you can use if you don't actually need a regular expression. Otherwise, you can register a custom filter:

{# Replace method #}
{{my_str|replace("some text", "")|replace(" ", "_")}}

 

# Custom filter method
def regex_replace(s, find, replace):
    """A non-optimal implementation of a regex filter"""
    return re.sub(find, replace, s)

jinja_environment.filters['regex_replace'] = regex_replace