htmx integration

[CRY-D]

Hey👋 I'm exploring ways to integrate htmx with domonic. Although the **{"":""} method works just fine, but it tends to result in spaghetti-like code just like React or Vue 😝

To avoid this, I've worked around. However, the challenge lies in creating custom elements inherited from base elements for inputs, links, buttons, forms, and perhaps divs each one for each one .
here is an example of my simple cutom button:

from domonic import button

class Button(button):
    def __init__(self, text, accent, icon):
        super().__init__(text)
        self.setAttribute("accent", accent)

    def change_accent(self, accent):
        self.setAttribute("accent", accent)

    def htmx_get(self, url: str):
        self.setAttribute("hx-get", url)

    def htmx_post(self, url: str):
        self.setAttribute("hx-post", url)

    def htmx_trigger(self, event: str):
        self.setAttribute("hx-trigger", event)

    def htmx_target(self, target: str):
        self.setAttribute("hx-target", target)

    def htmx_swap(self, swap: str):
        self.setAttribute("hx-swap", swap)

the question, Is there a way to achieve this without having to inherit from each element and create a custom one?
It would be fantastic if domonic had a built-in htmx functions for buttons, inputs, forms, hrefs, or even divs, similar to the div.html() For example:

htmx_button = button('some action').htmx_post('/post').htmx_target('.post')
# or like so
htmx_button = button('some action')
htmx_button.set_hxpost("/post")
htmx_button.set_hxtarget(".post")

You get the point.

[byteface]

Hi @CRY-D ... sorry its been ages. I recall doing some kind of undocumented htmx features a long time ago.

https://github.com/byteface/domonic/blob/master/domonic/dom.py#L212

You just had to set:

DOMConfig.HTMX_ENABLED = True

But I'm not sure if htmx has changed since. It might need updating if so.

I guess if it is obsolete, for now as a work around you could monkey patch def __attributes__(self): on Node and have it check for attributes? literally copy out the attributes function and set it with your own method formatted exactly how you'd like it.

[CRY-D]

Thank you, and It's quite interesting, now I have an idea that doesn't require altering the source code of the library. What if I create a class that generates dynamic methods from the attributes provided by HTMX and directly applies them to the corresponding DOMONIC elements? Just like that. What do you think? I know it ain't much, but it's more friendly for my eyes 😅

from domonic import a  
from static_strings import HTMX_ATTR
class HtmxElement:
    def __init__(self, element):
        self.element = element
        for attr in HTMX_ATTR:
            htmx_attr = f"hx-{attr.replace('_', '-')}" # just to handle attrs like push_url, history_elt...
            setattr(self, attr, lambda value, htmx_attr=htmx_attr: self.element.setAttribute(htmx_attr, value))


element = a("Post", _href="/post")
htmx_element = HtmxElement(element)
htmx_element.push_url("true")
htmx_element.target("#result")
htmx_element.swap("outerHTML swap:200ms settle:200ms")
print(element)
# output: <a href="/post" hx-push-url="true" hx-target="#result" hx-swap="outerHTML swap:200ms settle:200ms">Post</a>

static_strings.py

HTMX_ATTR = [
    "boost",
    "confirm",
    "delete",
    "disable",
    "disinherit",
    "encoding",
    "ext",
    "get",
    "headers",
    "history_elt",
    "include",
    "indicator",
    "params",
    "patch",
    "post",
    "preserve",
    "prompt",
    "push_url",
    "put",
    "request",
    "select",
    "sse",
    "swap",
    "swap_oob",
    "sync",
    "target",
    "trigger",
    "vals",
    "vars",
    "ws",
]

[byteface]

Oh @CRY-D I see.. actual method names. push_url etc. Yes that does look like a good idea.

[CRY-D]

Looks promising! By the way, I'm currently developing a set of useful components, and domonic seems very promising.
Thank you again.