def expand_metadata()

in pelican/plugins/asfgenid.py [0:0]

• 20 lines of code
• 6 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def expand_metadata(tag, metadata, debug):
    this_string = str(tag.string)
    m = 1
    modified = False
    while m:
        m = METADATA_RE.search(this_string)
        if m:
            this_data = m.group(1).strip()
            format_string = '{{{0}}}'.format(this_data)
            try:
                new_string = format_string.format(**metadata)
                if debug:
                    print(f'{{{{{m.group(1)}}}}} -> {new_string}')
            except Exception:
                # the data expression was not found
                print(f'{{{{{m.group(1)}}}}} is not found')
                new_string = format_string
            # replace the first pattern with the new_string
            this_string = re.sub(METADATA_RE, new_string, this_string, count=1)
            modified = True
    if modified:
        tag.string.replace_with(this_string)