LetterHelper

Python script to substitute several tags on a template with data for different recipients at the same time.

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Motivation

Have you ever need to create several texts from a template with some fields to customize? With this script you can.

How does it works

1. Ensure you have installed Python version 2.7.14 or more. Otherwise, go to the downloads page and install it.
2. Write the text you want on the letter_template.txt file and place some tags like [placeholder tag] or <placeholder tag> in the text (whatever string you want).

   <tag_0>
   
   Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
   Nullam eget tortor odio. <tag_1> Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante
   ipsum primis in faucibus. Aenean vel orci volutpat, varius risus quis,
   accumsan dui. <tag_2>
   

3. Copy each different tag on the tags.txt file, one on each line.

   <tag_0>
   <tag_1>
   <tag_2>
   

4. Write the substitution data on the data.txt file, one line for each tag, and as many groups as the number of different recipients.

   data 0 tag 0
   data 0 tag 1
   data 0 tag 2
   data 1 tag 0
   data 1 tag 1
   data 1 tag 2
   data 2 tag 0
   data 2 tag 1
   data 2 tag 2
   

5. Double click letterhelper.py file.
6. You will get as many txt files as groups of data you entered on data.txt file, named as: number (starting at 1), dot, blank space, and the info of the first tag.

   1. data 0 tag 0.txt
   2. data 1 tag 0.txt
   3. data 2 tag 0.txt
   

License

This script is licensed under The Unlicense.

Author

Juan Antonio Fajardo Serrano