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"""

Render a quick Jinja2 template.

Thanks Danny - http://pydanny.com/jinja2-quick-load-function.html

Example:

>>> from jinja_quick_load import render_from_template

>>> data = {

... "date": "June 12, 2014",

... "items": ["oranges", "bananas", "steak", "milk"]

... }

>>> render_from_template(".", "shopping_list.html", **data)

"""

from jinja2 import FileSystemLoader, Environment

def render_from_template(directory, template_name, **kwargs):

loader = FileSystemLoader(directory)

env = Environment(loader=loader)

template = env.get_template(template_name)

return template.render(**kwargs)