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So after months of fighting with gf not going to template files, I finally decided to put in some effort to make it work.

This was the dumbest keybind in my config, that I copied from someone else without understanding it.

What I am trying to do #

I have jinja templates in a directory called templates. I want to bind gf to open a template file, but it is trying to open a new file ./base.html

{% extends "base.html" %}
{% if request.state.user %}
    {% block title %}Fokais - {{ request.state.user.full_name }} {% endblock %}
{% else %}
    {% block title %}Fokais {% endblock %}
{% endif %}
{% block content %}
    {% if request.state.user %}
        <h1 id="title"
            class="inline-block mx-auto text-5xl font-black leading-loose
            text-transparent bg-clip-text bg-gradient-to-r from-red-600
            via-pink-500 to-yellow-400 ring-red-500 text-shadow-xl
            text-shadow-zinc-950 ring-5">
            {{ request.state.user.full_name }}
        </h1>
    {% endif %}
    {% include "me_partial.html" %}
{% endblock %}

What did not work #

I tried all sorts of changes to my path, but it still didn’t work.

vim.api.nvim_command("set path+=templates/**")

What I found #

after digging into my keymap I found that I had remaped gf to edit years ago. This works great if the file is in your current directory, and if it’s not it makes the file. This bind completely breaks vim’s ability to :find files and was a terrible keybind that I added probably from someone else years ago and have literally never used this feature. If gf opens an empty file I always close it and assume that vim failed to :find the file.

-- Allow gf to open non-existent files
set("", "gf", ":edit <cfile><CR>")

Yes, after that fix I still needed to adjust my path #

I ended up with the following in my options.lua.

-- look for jinja templates in the templates directory
vim.opt.path:append("templates/**")

Authentication from cli tools can be a bit of a bear, and I have to look it up every time. This is my reference guide for future me to remember how to easily do it.

I set up a fastapi server running on port 8000, it uses a basic auth with waylonwalker as the username and asdf as the password. The server follows along with what comes out of the docs. I have it setup to take basic auth, form username and password, or a bearer token for authentication.

curl #

The og of command line url tools.

# basic auth
curl -u 'waylonwalker:asdf' -X POST localhost:8000/token
# basic auth with password prompt
curl -u 'waylonwalker' -X POST localhost:8000/token
# token
curl -H 'Authorization: bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ3YXlsb253YWxrZXIiLCJleHAiOjE3MDI5NTI2MDJ9.GeYNt7DNal6LTiPoavJnqypaMt4vYeriXdq5lqu1ILg' -X POST localhost:8000/token

wget #

My go to if I want the result to go into a file.

# basic auth
wget -q -O - --auth-no-challenge --http-user=waylonwalker --http-password=asdf --post-data '' localhost:8000/token

# token
wget -q -O - --header="Authorization: bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ3YXlsb253YWxrZXIiLCJleHAiOjE3MDI5NTI2MDJ9.GeYNt7DNal6LTiPoavJnqypaMt4vYeriXdq5lqu1ILg" -O - --post-data '' localhost:8000/token

httpx #

An http client written in python, primarilty used with the python api, but has a nice cli.

# install
python3 -m pip install httpx

# basic auth
httpx -m POST --auth waylonwalker asdf http://localhost:8000/token

# basic auth with password prompt
httpx -m POST --auth waylonwalker - http://localhost:8000/token

# token
httpx -m POST --headers="Authorization" "bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ3YXlsb253YWxrZXIiLCJleHAiOjE3MDI5NTI2MDJ9.GeYNt7DNal6LTiPoavJnqypaMt4vYeriXdq5lqu1ILg" http://localhost:8000/token

httpie #

A modern http client written in python.

# install
python3 -m pip install httpie

# basic auth
http POST localhost:8000/token -a waylonwalker:asdf

# basic auth with password prompt
http POST localhost:8000/token -a waylonwalker

# token
http POST localhost:8000/token -A bearer -a eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ3YXlsb253YWxrZXIiLCJleHAiOjE3MDI5NTI2MDJ9.GeYNt7DNal6LTiPoavJnqypaMt4vYeriXdq5lqu1ILg

httpie with plugin #

# install
python3 -m pip install httpie-credential-store
# usage
http POST localhost:8000/token -A creds

httpie prompt #

http-prompt comes from the httpie org, and has an interactive cli interface into apis. You can even specify a spec file to autocomplete on api methods.

http-prompt localhost:8000 --auth waylonwalker:asdf --spec openapi.json

I am working on fokais.com’s signup page, and I want to hide the form input during an htmx request. I was seeing some issues where I was able to prevent spamming the submit button, but was still able to get one extra hit on it.

It also felt like nothing was happening while sending the email to the user for verification. Now I get the form to disappear and a spinner to show during the request.

html">HTML #

Let’s start off with the form. It uses htmx to submit a post request to the post_request route. Note that there is a spinner in the post_request with the htmx-indicator class.

The intent is to hide the spinner until the request is running, and hide all of the form input during the request.

<form
  id="signup-form"
  hx-swap-oob="outerHTML"
  class="m-4 mx-auto mb-6 flex w-80 flex-col rounded-lg b p-4 shadow-xlc shadow-cyan-500/10"
  method="POST"
  action="{{ url_for('post_signup') }}"
  hx-post="{{ url_for('post_signup') }}"
>

<!--markata-attribution-->
  <input
    class="mx-8 mt-6 mb-4 border border-black bg-zinc-900 p-1 text-center focus:bg-zinc-800"

<!--markata-attribution-->
    type="text"

<!--markata-attribution-->
    value="{{ full_name }}"

<!--markata-attribution-->
    name="full_name"

<!--markata-attribution-->
    placeholder="Full Name"
  />

<!--markata-attribution-->
  {% if full_name_error %}

<!--markata-attribution-->
  <label class="-mt-6 mb-6 mx-8 text-red-500 p-1 text-center">

<!--markata-attribution-->
    {{ full_name_error }}

<!--markata-attribution-->
  </label>

<!--markata-attribution-->
  {% endif %}

<!--markata-attribution-->
  <input
    class="mx-8 mb-4 border border-black bg-zinc-900 p-1 text-center focus:bg-zinc-800"

<!--markata-attribution-->
    type="text"

<!--markata-attribution-->
    value="{{ username }}"

<!--markata-attribution-->
    name="username"

<!--markata-attribution-->
    placeholder="username"
  />

<!--markata-attribution-->
  {% if username_error %}

<!--markata-attribution-->
  <label class="-mt-6 mb-6 mx-8 text-red-500 p-1 text-center">

<!--markata-attribution-->
    {{ username_error }}

<!--markata-attribution-->
  </label>

<!--markata-attribution-->
  {% endif %}

<!--markata-attribution-->
  <input
    class="mx-8 mb-4 border border-black bg-zinc-900 p-1 text-center focus:bg-zinc-800"

<!--markata-attribution-->
    type="email"

<!--markata-attribution-->
    name="email"

<!--markata-attribution-->
    value="{{ email }}"

<!--markata-attribution-->
    placeholder="email"
  />

<!--markata-attribution-->
  {% if email_error %}

<!--markata-attribution-->
  <label class="-mt-6 mb-6 mx-8 text-red-500 p-1 text-center">

<!--markata-attribution-->
    {{ email_error }}

<!--markata-attribution-->
  </label>

<!--markata-attribution-->
  {% endif %}

<!--markata-attribution-->
  <input
    class="mx-auto w-32 mb-4 border border-black bg-purple-900 p-1 text-center focus:bg-zinc-800"

<!--markata-attribution-->
    type="submit"

<!--markata-attribution-->
    value="sign up"
  />

<!--markata-attribution-->
  <div role="status" class="mx-auto htmx-indicator">

<!--markata-attribution-->
    <svg

<!--markata-attribution-->
      class="mx-auto animate-spin h-5 w-5 text-white"

<!--markata-attribution-->
      xmlns="https://www.w3.org/2000/svg"

<!--markata-attribution-->
      fill="none"

<!--markata-attribution-->
      viewBox="0 0 24 24"
    >

<!--markata-attribution-->
      <circle

<!--markata-attribution-->
        class="opacity-25"

<!--markata-attribution-->
        cx="12"

<!--markata-attribution-->
        cy="12"

<!--markata-attribution-->
        r="10"

<!--markata-attribution-->
        stroke="currentColor"

<!--markata-attribution-->
        stroke-width="4"
      ></circle>

<!--markata-attribution-->
      <path

<!--markata-attribution-->
        class="opacity-75"

<!--markata-attribution-->
        fill="currentColor"
        d="M4 12a8 8 0 018-8V0C5.373 0 0 5.373 0 12h4zm2 5.291A7.962 7.962 0 014 12H0c0 3.042 1.135 5.824 3 7.938l3-2.647z"
      ></path>

<!--markata-attribution-->
    </svg>

<!--markata-attribution-->
    <p>Signing up...</p>

<!--markata-attribution-->
  </div>

<!--markata-attribution-->
</form>

Yes this is styled using tailwindcss.

https://waylonwalker.com/still-loving-tailwind/

CSS #

Let’s take a look at how we achieve switching between only spinner an only form inputs using css.

.htmx-indicator {
  @apply hidden;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity 500ms ease-in;
}
.htmx-request button,
.htmx-request input[type="submit"],
.htmx-request input,
.htmx-request label {
  @apply hidden;
}
.htmx-request .htmx-indicator {
  opacity: 1;
  @apply block;
}
.htmx-request.htmx-indicator {
  opacity: 1;
  @apply block;
}

Final Result #

Here is the final result of me signing up for a new account in fokais.