From 1fea2e5f39a70e7df33ad3af53de7ba23b3d4024 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Nyemba <nyemba@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:41:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] bug fix: environment context throws an error on null

---
 cms/__init__.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cms/__init__.py b/cms/__init__.py
index 41450bb..e1df8c6 100644
--- a/cms/__init__.py
+++ b/cms/__init__.py
@@ -45,16 +45,19 @@ class components :
                 _submenu[_index] = _item
                 _index += 1
         return _object 
-    def html(uri,id,_args=None) :
+    def html(uri,id,_args={}) :
         """
         This function reads a given uri and returns the appropriate html document, and applies environment context
 
         """
         _html = (open(uri)).read()       
+
+        
         #return ' '.join(['<div id=":id" class=":id">'.replace(':id',id),_html,'</div>'])
         _html   = ' '.join(['<div id=":id" class=":id">'.replace(':id',id),_html,'</div>'])
         appContext = Environment(loader=BaseLoader()).from_string(_html)
         return appContext.render(**_args)
+        # return _html
     def data (_args):
         """
         :store  data-store parameters (data-transport, github.com/lnyemba/data-transport)