``import``
==========
Twig supports putting often used code into :doc:`macros<../tags/macro>`. These
macros can go into different templates and get imported from there.
There are two ways to import templates. You can import the complete template
into a variable or request specific macros from it.
Imagine we have a helper module that renders forms (called ``forms.html``):
.. code-block:: jinja
{% macro input(name, value, type, size) %}
<input type="{{ type|default('text') }}" name="{{ name }}" value="{{ value|e }}" size="{{ size|default(20) }}" />
{% endmacro %}
{% macro textarea(name, value, rows, cols) %}
<textarea name="{{ name }}" rows="{{ rows|default(10) }}" cols="{{ cols|default(40) }}">{{ value|e }}</textarea>
{% endmacro %}
The easiest and most flexible is importing the whole module into a variable.
That way you can access the attributes:
.. code-block:: jinja
{% import 'forms.html' as forms %}
<dl>
<dt>Username</dt>
<dd>{{ forms.input('username') }}</dd>
<dt>Password</dt>
<dd>{{ forms.input('password', null, 'password') }}</dd>
</dl>
<p>{{ forms.textarea('comment') }}</p>
Alternatively you can import names from the template into the current
namespace:
.. code-block:: jinja
{% from 'forms.html' import input as input_field, textarea %}
<dl>
<dt>Username</dt>
<dd>{{ input_field('username') }}</dd>
<dt>Password</dt>
<dd>{{ input_field('password', '', 'password') }}</dd>
</dl>
<p>{{ textarea('comment') }}</p>
.. tip::
To import macros from the current file, use the special ``_self`` variable
for the source.
.. seealso:: :doc:`macro<../tags/macro>`, :doc:`from<../tags/from>`
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