python how to convert from string.template object to string

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This is very simple.I am sure I am missing something silly.

fp = open(r'D:\UserManagement\invitationTemplate.html', 'rb')        
html = Template(fp.read())
fp.close()
html.safe_substitute(toFirstName='jibin',fromFirstName='Vishnu')
print html

When i run this code in intepreter directly,I get the proper output. But when I run it from a file.I get <string.Template object at 0x012D33B0>.How do I convert from string.Template object to string.I have tried str(html).By the bye wasn't print statement supposed to do that(string conversion) ?

River · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-01 23:43:06Z

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safe_substitute returns, as a string, the template with the substitutions made. This way, you can reuse the same template for multiple substitutions. So your code has to be

print html.safe_substitute(toFirstName='jibin',fromFirstName='Vishnu')

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answered Nov 28, 2011 at 7:24

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Pengman · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-28 07:24:30Z

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According to the docs you should take the return Value of safe_substitute

fp = open(r'D:\UserManagement\invitationTemplate.html', 'rb')        
html = Template(fp.read())
fp.close()
result = html.safe_substitute(toFirstName='jibin',fromFirstName='Vishnu')
print result

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HYRY · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-28 07:23:03Z

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the result is returned by safe_substitute method:

result = html.safe_substitute(toFirstName='jibin',fromFirstName='Vishnu')
print result

answered Nov 28, 2011 at 7:23

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