Expand-HtmlTemplate

🔖 Synopsis

Simple template expansion based on a content substitution dictionary.

Syntax

 Expand-HtmlTemplate -InputObject <String> -ContentMap <Hashtable>  [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Locates placeholders in the input string abd replaced them with values found for the placeholders in the given dictionary. The placeholder expansion is non-recursive.

Parameters

-InputObject `<String>`

An string representing an Html fragment.

Parameter Property Value

Required? true

Position? 1

Default value ``

Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false

Parameter Property	Value
Required?	true
Position?	1
Default value	``
Accept pipeline input?	true (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters?	false

-ContentMap `<Hashtable>`

A dictionary whose keys define placeholders and whose values define the replacements.

Parameter Property Value

Required? true

Position? 2

Default value ``

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false

Parameter Property	Value
Required?	true
Position?	2
Default value	``
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	false

Inputs

HTML template with placeholders.

Outputs

HTML fragment with all paceholders replaced by the content specified by the ContentMap.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

Expand-HtmlTemplate -InputObject $template -ContentMap $map

Expand the HTML template $template mappings provided with $map.

With:

$template = '<span class="navitem{{level}}">{{navtext}}</span>'
$map = @{
    '{{level}}'   = 1
    '{{navtext}}' = 'foo'
}

this HTML fragment is generated:

<span class="navitem1">foo</span>

https://wethat.github.io/MarkdownToHtml/2.8/Expand-HtmlTemplate.html