# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ Read More Link =========================== This plugin inserts an inline "read more" or "continue" link into the last html element of the object summary. For more information, please visit: http://vuongnguyen.com/creating-inline-read-more-link-python-pelican-lxml.html """ from pelican import signals, contents from pelican.utils import truncate_html_words try: from lxml.html import fragment_fromstring, fragments_fromstring, tostring from lxml.etree import ParserError except ImportError: raise Exception("Unable to find lxml. To use READ_MORE_LINK, you need lxml") def insert_into_last_element(html, element): """ function to insert an html element into another html fragment example: html = '<p>paragraph1</p><p>paragraph2...</p>' element = '<a href="/read-more/">read more</a>' ---> '<p>paragraph1</p><p>paragraph2...<a href="/read-more/">read more</a></p>' """ try: item = fragment_fromstring(element) except (ParserError, TypeError) as e: item = fragment_fromstring('<span></span>') try: doc = fragments_fromstring(html) doc[-1].append(item) return ''.join(tostring(e) for e in doc) except (ParserError, TypeError) as e: return '' def insert_read_more_link(instance): """ Insert an inline "read more" link into the last element of the summary :param instance: :return: """ # only deals with Article type if type(instance) != contents.Article: return SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH = instance.settings.get('SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH') READ_MORE_LINK = instance.settings.get('READ_MORE_LINK', None) READ_MORE_LINK_FORMAT = instance.settings.get('READ_MORE_LINK_FORMAT', '<a class="read-more" href="/{url}">{text}</a>') if not (SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH and READ_MORE_LINK and READ_MORE_LINK_FORMAT): return if hasattr(instance, '_summary') and instance._summary: summary = instance._summary else: summary = truncate_html_words(instance.content, SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH) if summary<instance.content: read_more_link = READ_MORE_LINK_FORMAT.format(url=instance.url, text=READ_MORE_LINK) instance._summary = insert_into_last_element(summary, read_more_link) def register(): signals.content_object_init.connect(insert_read_more_link)