from typing import NamedTuple, Dict, List, Type from os import makedirs, path template_path = 'template.html' result_path = 'built' class Substitutions(NamedTuple): title: str description: str error_messages: Dict[str, Substitutions] = { '403': Substitutions( title='403 - Forbidden', description='You are not allowed to view this resource.' ), '404': Substitutions( title='404 - Not found', description='The requested resource cannot be found.' ), '50x': Substitutions( title='50x - Server error', description='It\'s my fault.' ), } def substitute(source: str, substitutions: Substitutions) -> str: for i, property_name in enumerate(Substitutions._fields): source = source.replace(f'{{{property_name}}}', str(substitutions[i])) return source if __name__ == '__main__': with open(template_path) as f: template = f.read() makedirs(result_path, mode=0o440, exist_ok=True) for name, substitutions in error_messages.items(): with open(path.join(result_path, f'{name}.html'), 'w') as f: html = substitute(template, substitutions) f.write(html)