Can I Render a template from a database?

[michaelakin]

Hi, I was wondering a couple of things.

1. how can I utilize this engine to render from the template that is in my database and not a fixed view?
   1a) Even if it was a fixed view, could I do two passes of rendering? 1) to insert my "template" into the razor view, and 2) to insert data into the template I inserted.

2. What is the difference of this and the new HtmlRenderer ?

[soundaranbu]

Hello,

1. Yes, it's possible. You might want to take a look at this sample project https://github.com/soundaranbu/Razor.Templating.Core/tree/feature/custom-razor-file-provider/examples/_RealWorldSamples/RazorTemplateEditor where it's saving the view in the database and then uses it to render the template based on the given input
2. The new HtmlRenderer introduced in .NET 8 is based on razor components(.razor) whereas this library utilizes the View files(.cshtml) with concepts similar to MVC but allows it render anywhere outside of the HttpContext (except the browser)

I hope that answers your question!

[michaelakin]

Thanks for the reply. I will check out the link you listed.