Good point. You can also use response.render(), which may be a bit simpler:
mytext = cache.ram('mytext',
lambda: response.render('path/to/template.html'),
time_expire=3600)
The path must be relative to the app's /views folder (you can use ../ to
get out of that folder), and the view will be rendered in the current
web2py environment. response.render() also takes a dictionary-like second
argument to add variables to the environment, as well as keyword arguments
to do the same. The gluon.template.render() function provides a little more
flexibility to render in a different environment and to more easily point
to templates and included files outside the usual /views folder (or to use
template code stored in the database).
Anthony
On Friday, November 8, 2013 8:43:07 AM UTC-5, Niphlod wrote:
>
> response.render is what you're seeking for ...
>
> On Friday, November 8, 2013 3:49:14 AM UTC+1, Scott Hunter wrote:
>>
>> Is it possible to use a view to generate a string? In this particular
>> case, I want to generate a snippet of HTML & cache it away. I suppose this
>> could be done using straight python & helpers, but a view seems so much
>> more natural.
>>
>> - Scott
>>
>
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