✨ templates - get a text file when VALUES is used

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/ishtar_common/models.py b/ishtar_common/models.py
index 00c3b49ce..715a3063f 100644
--- a/ishtar_common/models.py
+++ b/ishtar_common/models.py
@@ -2330,6 +2330,11 @@ class DocumentTemplate(models.Model):
     ]
 
     def publish(self, c_object):
+        filtr = self.get_filter(self.template, self.BASE_RE)
+        get_values = "VALUES" in filtr
+        if get_values:
+            filtr = []
+        extension = "txt" if get_values else self.template.name.split(".")[-1]
         tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp("-ishtardocs")
         output_name = (
             tempdir
@@ -2338,14 +2343,10 @@ class DocumentTemplate(models.Model):
             + "-"
             + datetime.date.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
             + "."
-            + self.template.name.split(".")[-1]
+            + extension
         )
-        filtr = self.get_filter(self.template, self.BASE_RE)
-        # values = c_object.get_values(filtr=[])
-        if "VALUES" in filtr:
-            filtr = []
         values = c_object.get_values(filtr=filtr)
-        if not filtr or "VALUES" in filtr:
+        if not filtr:
             for k in values:
                 if k in JSON_SERIALIZATION:
                     values[k] = JSON_SERIALIZATION[k](values[k])
@@ -2365,6 +2366,10 @@ class DocumentTemplate(models.Model):
             for k in filtr:
                 if k not in values:
                     values[k] = ""
+        if get_values:  # only return values
+            with open(output_name, "w") as output:
+                output.write(values["VALUES"])
+            return output_name
         engine = IshtarSecretaryRenderer()
         try:
             result = engine.render(self.template, **values)