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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+"""
+test template rendering
+python3 test.py | tee test.html
+python3 -m http.server
+"""
+
+from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader, select_autoescape
+
+template_vars = {
+    "charset": "utf-8",
+    "language": "en",
+    "css_theme_name": "auto",
+    "canonical_url": "http://example.com",
+    "page_title": "This is a title",
+    "theme": "dark",
+    "text_theme": "white",
+    "static": {
+        "scripts": {
+            "bootstrap": {
+                "src": "./templates/example/bootstrap.bundle.min.js",
+            },
+            "theme": {
+                "src": ".templates/example/color-modes.js"
+            }
+        },
+        "css": {
+            "bootstrap": {
+                "src": "./templates/example/bootstrap.min.css"
+            },
+            "theme": {
+                "src": "./templates/example/gallery.css"
+            },
+            "icons": {
+                "src": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap-icons@1.11.2/font/bootstrap-icons.min.css"
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "meta_list": [
+        { "name": "description", "content": "This is a description" },
+        { "name": "generator", "content": "simple-s3-gallery v.2023.12" },
+        { "name": "author", "content": "Code Fox" },
+        { "name": "theme-color", "content": "#712cf9" }
+    ],
+    "left_header": "About the gallery",
+    "left_text": "This is an example gallery that is generated via a template",
+    "right_header": "Contact",
+    "link_list": [
+        { "href": "https://c0defox.es", "text": "Fox :3" },
+        { "href": "https://furry.engineer/c0de", "text": "Mastodon", "icon": "mastodon" }
+    ],
+    "reactions": [
+        "heart-fill",
+        "backpack4",
+        "balloon-fill",
+        "bag-x-fill"
+    ],
+    "footer": {
+        "main_line": "Copyright 2024 Code Fox",
+        "extra_lines": [
+            "This is another line",
+            "This is yet another line"
+        ]
+    },
+    "active": True,
+    "header": "This is a call to action",
+    "lead_text": "Some interesting text for the user",
+    "action_buttons": [
+        { "href": "1" },
+        { "href": "2", "theme": "danger" },
+        { "href": "3", "theme": "warning", "icon": "exclamation-diamond-fill" },
+        { "href": "3", "theme": "warning", "icon": "exclamation-diamond-fill", "text": "some text" }
+    ],
+    "gallery_items": {
+        "test": "test",
+        "test2": "test2"
+    }
+}
+
+def main():
+    """main method"""
+
+    env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader("templates"), autoescape=select_autoescape())
+    template = env.get_template("base.html")
+    print(template.render(**template_vars))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()