haml_plus_liquid.rb

# haml + liquid example
#
# James MacAulay 2009

require 'rubygems'
require 'liquid'
require 'haml'


template = <<EOF

#title {{ title }}
#articles
  {% for article in articles %}
  .article
    %h2.title article {{ forloop.index }}
    .body
      {{ article }}
  {% endfor %}

EOF


engine = Haml::Engine.new(template, :suppress_eval => true)
haml_output = engine.render

# <div id='title'>{{ title }}</div>
# <div id='articles'>
#   {% for article in articles %}
#   <div class='article'>
#     <h2 class='title'>article {{ forloop.index }}</h2>
#     <div class='body'>
#       {{ article }}
#     </div>
#   </div>
#   {% endfor %}
# </div>


parsed_liquid = Liquid::Template.parse(haml_output)
assigns = {'title' => 'blah', 'articles' => ["<p>blah</p>\n<p>blah</p>\n<p>blah</p>", 'yadda yadda yadda']}
liquid_output = parsed_liquid.render(assigns)

# <div id='title'>blah</div>
# <div id='articles'>
#   
#   <div class='article'>
#     <h2 class='title'>article 1</h2>
#     <div class='body'>
#       <p>blah</p>
# <p>blah</p>
# <p>blah</p>
#     </div>
#   </div>
#   
#   <div class='article'>
#     <h2 class='title'>article 2</h2>
#     <div class='body'>
#       yadda yadda yadda
#     </div>
#   </div>
#   
# </div>