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uritemplate
===========

Release v\ |version|.

Examples
--------

This first example shows how simple the API can be when using for a one-off 
item in a script or elsewhere.

.. code-block:: python

    from requests import get
    from uritemplate import expand

    uri = 'https://api.github.com{/user}'

    user = get(expand(uri, user='sigmavirus24')).json()

This second example shows how using the class will save you time for template 
parsing and object creation. Making the template once means the URI is parsed 
once which decreases the number of :class:`URITemplate 
<uritemplate.URITemplate>` objects created and usage of the ``re`` module.  
This means that as soon as the file is parsed, the ``User.github_url`` and 
``Repository.github_url`` variables are made once and only once. They're then 
usable in every instance of those classes.

.. code-block:: python

    from uritemplate import URITemplate

    class User(object):
        github_url = URITemplate('https://api.github.com{/user}')
        def __init__(self, name):
            self.uri = self.github_url.expand({'user': name})
            self.name = name

    class Repository(object):
        github_url = URITemplate('https://api.github.com{/user}{/repo}')
        def __init__(self, name):
            self.uri = self.github_url.expand(
                dict(zip(['user', 'repo'], name.split('/')))
            )
            self.name = name

API
---

.. module:: uritemplate

.. autofunction:: uritemplate.expand

.. autoclass:: uritemplate.URITemplate
    :members:

.. autoclass:: uritemplate.URIVariable
    :members: