Introduce render_jinja2() convenience function

netbox/extras/models.py

@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ from django.db.models import F, Q
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.template import Template, Context
 from django.urls import reverse
-from jinja2 import Environment
 from taggit.models import TagBase, GenericTaggedItemBase
 
 from dcim.constants import CONNECTION_STATUS_CONNECTED
 from utilities.fields import ColorField
-from utilities.utils import deepmerge, foreground_color, model_names_to_filter_dict
+from utilities.utils import deepmerge, foreground_color, model_names_to_filter_dict, render_jinja2
 from .constants import *
 from .querysets import ConfigContextQuerySet
 
@@ -502,8 +501,7 @@ class ExportTemplate(models.Model):
             output = template.render(Context(context))
 
         elif self.template_language == TEMPLATE_LANGUAGE_JINJA2:
-            template = Environment().from_string(source=self.template_code)
-            output = template.render(**context)
+            output = render_jinja2(self.template_code, context)
 
         else:
             return None

netbox/extras/templatetags/custom_links.py

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 from django import template
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
-from jinja2 import Environment
 
 from extras.models import CustomLink
+from utilities.utils import render_jinja2
 
 
 register = template.Library()
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def custom_links(obj):
 
         # Add non-grouped links
         else:
-            text_rendered = Environment().from_string(source=cl.text).render(**context)
+            text_rendered = render_jinja2(cl.text, context)
             if text_rendered:
                 link_target = ' target="_blank"' if cl.new_window else ''
                 template_code += LINK_BUTTON.format(
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def custom_links(obj):
         links_rendered = []
 
         for cl in links:
-            text_rendered = Environment().from_string(source=cl.text).render(**context)
+            text_rendered = render_jinja2(cl.text, context)
             if text_rendered:
                 link_target = ' target="_blank"' if cl.new_window else ''
                 links_rendered.append(
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@ def custom_links(obj):
             )
 
     # Render template
-    rendered = Environment().from_string(source=template_code).render(**context)
+    rendered = render_jinja2(template_code, context)
 
     return mark_safe(rendered)

netbox/utilities/utils.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from django.core.serializers import serialize
 from django.db.models import Count, OuterRef, Subquery
+from jinja2 import Environment
 
 from dcim.constants import LENGTH_UNIT_CENTIMETER, LENGTH_UNIT_FOOT, LENGTH_UNIT_INCH, LENGTH_UNIT_METER
 
@@ -174,3 +175,10 @@ def to_meters(length, unit):
     if unit == LENGTH_UNIT_INCH:
         return length * 0.3048 * 12
     raise ValueError("Unknown unit {}. Must be 'm', 'cm', 'ft', or 'in'.".format(unit))
+
+
+def render_jinja2(template_code, context):
+    """
+    Render a Jinja2 template with the provided context. Return the rendered content.
+    """
+    return Environment().from_string(source=template_code).render(**context)