Use template strings for substitution in HTML output

`str.format()` can only use substitutions identified by braces (`{` and
`}`). This has the potential to conflict with other code in the HTML
template, such as CSS or JavaScript.

Template strings can use substitutions identified by `$` or `${}`, e.g.:
`$identifier` or `${identifier}`. These substitutions won't conflict
with CSS or JavaScript, allowing users to write HTML templates that
don't require double braces anywhere there's a substitution conflict.
This is especially useful when one is using a build tool to generate the
final CSS/JavaScript/HTML.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html#template-strings
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import os
from datetime import datetime
from string import Template
from config import INDEX_TEMPLATE, INDEX_ROW_TEMPLATE
from parse import derived_link_info
@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ def dump_index(links, service):
link_html = f.read()
article_rows = '\n'.join(
link_html.format(**derived_link_info(link)) for link in links
Template(link_html).substitute(**derived_link_info(link)) for link in links
)
template_vars = {
@ -27,4 +28,4 @@ def dump_index(links, service):
}
with open(os.path.join(service, 'index.html'), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
f.write(index_html.format(**template_vars))
f.write(Template(index_html).substitute(template_vars))