ng2django

This is a simple Python tool that will convert an HTML file built by Angular2+ to Django Template Language. This way static files can be made available to an Agnular app that is served up with a Django project.

The script basically does two things:

• Adds a {% load static %} tag to the top of the file
• Changes the value of href and src attributes of link and script tags to {% static "<path-to-the-file>" %}

Dependencies

The script uses Beutifulsoup4. You can install it by running pip install -r requirements.txt.

Install

Just run $ pip install ng2django

Usage

Build your Angular app and place the files in <Django-project-root>/<app>/static/<optional-subdirectory>/.

The script takes two positional arguments:

• source: The path to the HTML file you want to convert.
• dest: Where you want the Django Template file saved.

Then you can run

$ ng2django <Django-project-root>/<app>/static/index.html <Django-project-root>/<app>/templates/index.html

if you are storing your files directly in your Django app's static and templates directories (not recommended), or

$ ng2django <Django-project-root>/<app>/static/<optional-subdirectory>/index.html <Django-project-root>/<app>/templates/<optional-subdirectory>/index.html -s <optional-subdirectory>

if you are using some subdirectory of those paths.

Optional Arguments

Short	Long	Description
-s <subdir>	--subdir <subdir>	Include the subpath under <Django-app>/static/ where your static files are stored.
-css <cssdir>	--cssdir <cssdir>	Include the subpath under <Django-app>/static/<optional-subdir>/css/ where your static CSS files are stored.
-js <jsbdir>	--jsdir <jsir>	Include the subpath under <Django-app>/static/<optional-subdir>/js/ where your static JS files are stored.
-img <imgbdir>	--imgdir <imgdir>	Include the subpath under <Django-app>/static/<optional-subdir>/img/ where your static IMAGE files are stored.
-n	--nodelete	Do not delete the source file after converting.
-p	--pretty	Create a dest file that is more human readable.

Recommended Setup and Usage

In you Angular project open your package.json file. Under scripts, change build to

ng build --prod --output-path <Your-django-project-root>/<Django-App>/static/ng.

Add a postbuild key under script and set the value to

ng2django <Your-django-project-root>/<Django-App>/static/ng/index.html <Your-django-project-root>/<Django-App>/templates/ng/index.html -s ng.

Or if you have css / js / images in seperate directories within static use args: -css css -js js -img img ng2django <Your-django-project-root>/<Django-App>/static/ng/index.html <Your-django-project-root>/<Django-App>/templates/ng/index.html -s ng -css css -js js -img img.

Run npm run build and your Angular JS and CSS files will be saved to your Django app's static directory. Then, this script will run and convert your HTML file and save it in your Django app's templates directory.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome - submit an issue/pull request.

Push to PyPi

Use these commands to release on PyPi

rm -rf dist/ build/
python setup.py sdist
twine upload dist/*