Advanced Usage

Various advanced topics regarding cookieninja usage.

• Using Pre/Post-Generate Hooks
  • Writing hooks
  • Example: Validating template variables
  • Example: Conditional files / directories
• User Config
• Calling Cookieninja Functions From Python
• Injecting Extra Context
  • Example: Injecting a Timestamp
• Suppressing Command-Line Prompts
  • Basic Example: Using the Defaults
  • Advanced Example: Defaults + Extra Context
• Templates in Context Values
  • Basic Example: Templates in Context
• Private Variables
• Copy without Render
• Replay Project Generation
  • Custom replay file
• Choice Variables
  • Basic Usage
  • Overwriting Default Choice Values
• Boolean Variables
  • Basic Usage
  • Input Validation
• Dependent Questions
  • Question prompt
  • Support any boolean expression
  • Template use
• Dictionary Variables
  • Basic Usage
• Templates inheritance
• Template Extensions
  • Jsonify extension
  • Random string extension
  • Slugify extension
  • UUID4 extension
• Organizing cookieninjas in directories
• Working with line-ends special symbols LF/CRLF
• Local Extensions
• Nested configuration files
• Jinja2 custom delimiter