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# template

> Lightweight `{{ }}` templating with HTML escaping

Use `template` to render small text or HTML templates with data maps.

```javascript
import "osl/template"
```

## Example

```javascript
import "osl/template"

log template.render("Hello {{name}}", {name: "Ada"})
```

## API reference

### `template`

| Method                                         | Returns  | Description                     |
| ---------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------- |
| `template.render(tmpl: any, data: object)`     | `string` | Runs the render operation.      |
| `template.renderHTML(tmpl: any, data: object)` | `string` | Runs the render html operation. |

## Notes

* Standard-library imports accept both `import "osl/template"` and `import "template"`.
* Return values such as `array` and `object` are regular OSL values unless a returned object section says otherwise.