Globals

In addition to Jinja2’s built-in globals, Betty provides the following:

app (betty.app.App)

The currently running Betty application.

citer (betty.document.Citer)

The ledger of citation references on the current page.

breadcrumbs (betty.document.Breadcrumbs)

The ledger of breadcrumbs on the current page.

entity_contexts (betty.document.EntityContexts)

The ledger of primary entities in the current template context.

generate_html_id (betty.html.generate_html_id())

A function to generate a HTML ID unique within the current render call, such as a page.

localizer (betty.locale.localize.Localizer)

The localizer for the current template context.

new_attributes (betty.html.attributes.Attributes)

Create new attributes for an HTML element.

project (betty.project.Project)

The project the template is being rendered for.

public_css_paths (a sequence of str)

The paths to the public CSS files used for all pages.

public_js_paths (a sequence of str)

The paths to the public JS files used for all pages.

today (betty.date.Date)

The current date.