fhtml

Simple and efficient macros for writing HTML in Rust

Overview

fhtml Provides formatting macros for writing HTML without the annoyance of dealing with HTML inside string literals. A few highlights:

• simplicity: no complex templating syntax, just plain HTML with embedded expressions and format specifiers
• zero extra allocations: fhtml macros expand to their std counterpart with no indirections or added allocations
• compatibility: since fhtml is simply a wrapper over std macros, you can easily use idiomatic Rust, such as implementing fmt::Display or fmt::Write for creating components, or integrate with existing libraries and tools
• safety: fhtml provides an easy way to escape values (escaping is NOT done implicitly)

Installation

In your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
fhtml = "0.4"

Syntax

• HTML is typed as-is, unquoted:

fhtml::format!(<input />);

• Expressions are passed in using braces:

fhtml::format!(<div>{1 + 1}</div>);

• Text nodes are quoted:

fhtml::format!(<p>"Some text"</p>);

• Format specifiers are written after expressions:

fhtml::format!(<code>{vec![1, 2, 3]:?}</code>);

• Escaping is done by using an exclamation mark ! as a format specifier:

fhtml::format!(<div>{"<b>Dangerous input</b>":!}</div>);

this being the only format specifier deviating from the std::fmt syntax

Usage

Writing to a buffer

let mut buffer = String::new();
fhtml::write!(buffer, <div>"Hello, World!"</div>);

Escaping

let user_input = "<b>Dangerous input</b>";
fhtml::format!(<div>{user_input:!}</div>); // "<div>&lt;b&gt;Dangerous input&lt;/b&gt;</div>"

Components

Since fhtml macros expands to their std counterpart, you are free to create components however you prefer

Function components

fn heading(label: &'static str) -> String {
    fhtml::format! {
        <h1>{label}</h1>
    }    
}

let page = fhtml::format! {
    <main>
        {heading("My Heading")}
        <div>"My Content"</div>
    </main>
};

Struct components

use std::fmt;

struct Product {
    name: &'static str,
    price: f32,
}

impl fmt::Display for Product {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
        fhtml::write! { f,
            <article>
                <h2>{self.name}</h2>
                <h3>"$" {self.price}</h3>
            </article>
        }
    }
}

let products = fhtml::format! {
    <h1>"Our products"</h1>
    {Product {
      name: "Arabica Coffee Beans",
      price: 3.99
    }}
    {Product {
      name: "Sourdough Bread",
      price: 2.49
    }}
};

Format specifiers

fhtml::format!(<code>{vec![1, 2, 3]:?}</code>); // "<code>[1, 2, 3]</code>"
fhtml::format!(<span>{10:#b}</span>);           // "<span>0b1010</span>"

Iterators

fhtml::format! {
    <ul>
        {
            (0..10).fold(String::new(), |mut f, i| {
                let _ = fhtml::write! { f,
                    <li>{i}</li>
                };
                f
            })
        }
    </ul>
}