Add a testing framework, as described in #244

.github/workflows/greetings.yml

@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/first-interaction@v1
       with:
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        issue-message: 'Welcome to this project and thank you!'' first issue'
-        pr-message: 'Thank you for submitting a PR, this is appreciated. Please do not forget to submit a corresponding issue, and to reference its number in the PR'' first pr'
+        issue-message: 'Welcome to this project and thank you!'
+        pr-message: 'Thank you for submitting a PR, this is appreciated. Please do not forget to submit a corresponding issue, and to reference its number in the PR''

.gitignore

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ MANIFEST
 # MkDocs
 site/
 
+# Mkdocs-Macros
+__*/
+
 # Other files (generated by mkdocs-macros or others)
 cache*
 

mkdocs_macros/context.py

@@ -322,8 +322,13 @@ def render_file(filename):
         return env.render(s, force_rendering=True)
 
     @env.macro
-    def context(obj=env.variables):
-        "*Default Mkdocs-Macro*: List the defined variables"
+    def context(obj:dict=None):
+        """
+        *Default Mkdocs-Macro*: List an object
+        (by default the variables)
+        """
+        if not obj:
+            obj = env.variables
         try:
             return [(var, type(value).__name__, format_value(value))
                     for var, value in list_items(obj)]

mkdocs_macros/plugin.py

@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@
 import importlib
 import os
 from copy import copy
+import pathspec
+import json
+from datetime import datetime
 
 import yaml
 from jinja2 import (
     Environment, FileSystemLoader, Undefined, DebugUndefined, StrictUndefined,
 )
-import pathspec
-
 from mkdocs.config import config_options
 from mkdocs.config.config_options import Type as PluginType
 from mkdocs.plugins import BasePlugin
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@
 from mkdocs_macros.context import define_env
 from mkdocs_macros.util import (
     install_package, parse_package, trace, debug,
-    update, SuperDict, import_local_module, format_chatter, LOG,
+    update, SuperDict, import_local_module, format_chatter, LOG, get_log_level,
+    setup_directory, CustomEncoder
 )
 
 # ------------------------------------------
@@ -38,9 +40,26 @@
 # The default name of the Python module:
 DEFAULT_MODULE_NAME = 'main'  # main.py
 
-# Possible behavior in case of ignored variables or macros (first is default)
+# the directory where the rendered macros must go
+RENDERED_MACROS_DIRNAME = '__docs_macros_rendered'
+
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------
+# Debug
+# ------------------------------------------
 
+# message for the front matter of markdown pages saved after rendering:
+YAML_HEADER_WARNING = (
+        "# IMPORTANT NOTE:"
+        "\n# This page was automatically generated by MkDocs-Macros "
+        "for debug purposes,"
+        "\n# after rendering the macros as plain text."
+        f"\n# ({datetime.now():%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S})"
+        )
 
+
+# Possible behavior in case of ignored variables or macros (first is default)
 class LaxUndefined(Undefined):
     "Pass anything wrong as blank"
 
@@ -271,6 +290,27 @@ def reverse(x):
         self.filters[name] = v
         return v
 
+
+
+    @property
+    def rendered_macros_dir(self):
+        """
+        The directory, beside the docs_dir, that contains
+        the rendered pages from the macros.
+        """
+        try:
+            r = self._rendered_macros_dir
+        except AttributeError:
+            raise AttributeError("Rendered macros directory is undefined")
+        if not os.path.isdir(self._rendered_macros_dir):
+            raise FileNotFoundError("Rendered macros directory is defined "
+                                    "but does not exists")
+        return r
+
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------
+    # Property of the current page for on_page_markdown()
+    # ------------------------------------------------
     @property
     def page(self) -> Page:
         """
@@ -296,7 +336,10 @@ def markdown(self) -> str:
     @markdown.setter
     def markdown(self, value):
         """
-        Used to set the raw markdown of the current page
+        Used to set the raw markdown of the current page.
+        
+        [Especially used in the `on_pre_page_macros()` and
+        `on_ost_page_macros()` hooks.]
         """
         if not isinstance(value, str):
             raise ValueError("Value provided to attribute markdown "
@@ -561,7 +604,12 @@ def _load_modules(self):
                                   "module in '%s'." %
                                   (local_module_name, self.project_dir))
 
-    def render(self, markdown: str, force_rendering:bool=False):
+
+    # ----------------------------------
+    # output elements
+    # ----------------------------------
+
+    def render(self, markdown: str, force_rendering:bool=False) -> str:
         """
         Render a page through jinja2: it reads the code and
         executes the macros.
@@ -605,11 +653,14 @@ def render(self, markdown: str, force_rendering:bool=False):
             # this is a premature rendering, no meta variables in the page
             meta_variables = {}
 
-
         # Warning this is ternary logic(True, False, None: nothing said)
         render_macros = None
 
         if meta_variables:
+            # file_path = self.variables.page.file.src_path
+            file_path = self.page.file.src_path
+            debug(f"Metadata in page '{file_path}'",
+                  payload=meta_variables)
             # determine whether the page will be rendered or not
             # the two formulations are accepted
             render_macros = meta_variables.get('render_macros')
@@ -658,6 +709,44 @@ def render(self, markdown: str, force_rendering:bool=False):
             else:
                 return error_message
 
+    def _save_debug_file(self, page:Page, 
+                         rendered_markdown:str) -> str:
+        """
+        Saves a page to disk for debug/testing purposes,
+        with a reconstituted YAML front matter.
+
+        Argument:
+        - page: the Page (page.markdown contains the old markdown)
+        - rendered_mardkown (the new markdown)
+
+        Returns the saved document.
+        """
+        dest_file = os.path.join(self.rendered_macros_dir,
+                                        page.file.src_path)
+        debug(f"Saving page '{page.title}' in destination file:",
+              dest_file)
+        # Create the subdirectory hierarchy if necessary
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dest_file), exist_ok=True)
+        if page.meta:
+            # recreate the YAML header:
+            yaml_values = yaml.dump(dict(page.meta), 
+                default_flow_style=False, sort_keys=False)
+            document = '\n'.join([  '---', 
+                                    YAML_HEADER_WARNING,
+                                    yaml_values.strip(), 
+                                    '---', 
+                                    rendered_markdown
+                                ])
+        else:
+            # re-generate the document with YAML header
+            document = rendered_markdown
+        # write on file:
+        debug("Saved ")
+        with open(dest_file, 'w') as f:
+            f.write(document)
+        return document
+
+
     # ----------------------------------
     # Standard Hooks for a mkdocs plugin
     # ----------------------------------
@@ -669,7 +758,7 @@ def on_config(self, config):
         with variables, functions and filters.
         """
         # WARNING: this is not the config argument:
-        trace("Macros arguments:", self.config)
+        trace("Macros arguments\n", self.config)
         # define the variables and macros as dictionaries
         # (for update function to work):
         self._variables = SuperDict()
@@ -716,12 +805,20 @@ def on_config(self, config):
         register_items('filter'  , self.filters  , self._add_filters  )
 
         # Provide information:
-        debug("Variables:", list(self.variables.keys()))
-        if len(extra):
-            trace("Extra variables (config file):", list(extra.keys()))
-            debug("Content of extra variables (config file):", extra)
+        trace("Config variables:", list(self.variables.keys()))
+        debug("Config variables:\n", payload=json.dumps(self.variables, 
+                                                    cls=CustomEncoder))
+        if self.macros:
+            trace("Config macros:", list(self.macros.keys()))
+            debug("Config macros:", payload=json.dumps(self.macros,
+                                                    cls=CustomEncoder))
         if self.filters:
-            trace("Extra filters (module):", list(self.filters.keys()))
+            trace("Config filters:", list(self.filters.keys()))
+            debug("Config filters:", payload=json.dumps(self.filters,
+                                                    cls=CustomEncoder))
+        # if len(extra):
+        #     trace("Extra variables (config file):", list(extra.keys()))
+        #     debug("Content of extra variables (config file):\n", dict(extra))
 
 
         # Define the spec for the file paths whose rendering must be forced.
@@ -793,6 +890,17 @@ def on_config(self, config):
         # update environment with the custom filters:
         self.env.filters.update(self.filters)
 
+        # -------------------
+        # Setup the markdown (rendered) directory
+        # -------------------
+        docs_dir = config['docs_dir']
+        abs_docs_dir = os.path.abspath(docs_dir)
+        # recreate only if debug (otherewise delete):
+        recreate = get_log_level('DEBUG')
+        self._rendered_macros_dir = setup_directory(abs_docs_dir,
+                                                    RENDERED_MACROS_DIRNAME,
+                                                    recreate=recreate)
+
     def on_nav(self, nav, config, files):
         """
         Called after the site navigation is created.
@@ -840,14 +948,11 @@ def on_page_markdown(self, markdown, page:Page,
         It uses the jinja2 directives, together with
         variables, macros and filters, to create pure markdown code.
         """
-        # the site_navigation argument has been made optional
-        # (deleted in post-1.0 mkdocs, but maintained here
-        # for backward compatibility)
-        # We REALLY want the same object
         self._page = page
         if not self.variables:
             return markdown
         else:
+            trace("Rendering source page:", page.file.src_path)
             # Update the page info in the document
             # page is an object with a number of properties (title, url, ...)
             # see: https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/blob/master/mkdocs/structure/pages.py
@@ -880,6 +985,12 @@ def on_page_markdown(self, markdown, page:Page,
             # execute the post-macro functions in the various modules
             for func in self.post_macro_functions:
                 func(self)
+
+            # save the rendered page, with its YAML header
+            if get_log_level('DEBUG'):
+                self._save_debug_file(page, 
+                                      rendered_markdown=self.markdown)
+
             return self.markdown
 
     def on_post_build(self, config: config_options.Config):