wuttjamaican.diffs

Tools for displaying simple data diffs

class wuttjamaican.diffs.Diff(config, old_data: dict, new_data: dict, fields: list = None, nature='update', old_color='#ffebe9', new_color='#dafbe1', cell_padding=None)

Represent / display a basic “diff” between two data records.

You must provide both the “old” and “new” data records, when constructing an instance of this class. Then call render_html() to display the diff table.

Parameters:

• config – The app config object.

• old_data – Dict of “old” data record.

• new_data – Dict of “new” data record.

• fields – Optional list of field names. If not specified, will be derived from the data records.

• nature – What sort of diff is being represented; must be one of: ("create", "update", "delete")

• old_color – Background color to display for “old/deleted” field data, when applicable.

• new_color – Background color to display for “new/created” field data, when applicable.

• cell_padding – Optional override for cell padding style.

render_html(template=None, **kwargs)

Render the diff as HTML table.

Parameters:

• template – Name of template to render, if you need to override the default.

• **kwargs – Remaining kwargs are passed as context to the template renderer.

Returns:

HTML literal string