document generator

build.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Get markdown module at: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Markdown

from markdown import markdownFromFile
from string import Template 
from datetime import datetime
import os


doc_path = 'document'
doc_names = ['intro','general','html','css','javascript']
doc_dict = {}

output = 'document.html'
source = 'tmpl/template.html'
temp = '__tmp__'


def get_file_content( file ):
    if os.path.exists( file ):
        return open( file, 'r' ).read()
    return ''

def markdown_to_html( file ):
    if os.path.exists( file ):
        markdownFromFile( file, temp )
        return get_file_content( temp )
    return ''

def write_to_file( file, content ):
    f = open( file, 'w')
    f.write( content )
    f.close()


doc_dict['time'] = str( datetime.now() )
for n in doc_names:
    name = doc_path +'/'+ n + '.md'
    doc_dict[n] = markdown_to_html( name )


try:
    write_to_file(
        output,
        Template(
            get_file_content( source )
        ).substitute( doc_dict )
    )
    print('build success.')
    
except KeyError, err:
    print( 'missing dict value for: ', str( err ) )


os.system( 'rm ' + temp)