Allow more templates in a string

README.md

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ This lets you parse a user specified template like `[[ light.bed_light.state ]]`
 
 Two things are important:
 
-- The template must start with `[[<space>` and end with `<space>]]`
+- Template must start with `[[<space>` and end with `<space>]]`
 - This is not in any way the same kind of template as used in the Home Assistant configuration
 
 The templates are parsed by reading one step at a time from the `hass.states` object.
@@ -199,5 +199,4 @@ Next is one of:
 - `last_changed`
 - `last_updated`
 
-If the string does not match the template format, the original string is returned.
+The function replaces any template found in the supplied string with the requested value, or an error message on failure.
-Otherwise the requested value is returned, or an error message on failure.

card-tools.js

@@ -178,20 +178,22 @@ if (!window.cardTools){
     };
 
   cardTools.parseTemplate =
-    (str) => {
+    (text, error) => {
-      if(!str || !str.startsWith('[[ ') || !str.endsWith(' ]]'))
+      const _parse = (str) => {
-        return str;
+        try {
-      try {
+          str = str.replace(/^\[\[\s+|\s+\]\]$/g, '')
-        str = str.replace(/^\[\[\s+|\s+\]\]$/g, '')
+          const parts = str.split(".");
-        const parts = str.split(".");
+          let v = cardTools.hass.states[`${parts[0]}.${parts[1]}`];
-        let v = cardTools.hass.states[`${parts[0]}.${parts[1]}`];
+          parts.shift();
-        parts.shift();
+          parts.shift();
-        parts.shift();
+          parts.forEach(item => v = v[item]);
-        parts.forEach(item => v = v[item]);
+          return v;
-        return v;
+        } catch {
-      } catch {
+          return error || `[[ Template matching failed ${str} ]]`;
-        return `[[ Template matching failed ${str} ]]`;
+        }
       }
+      text = text.replace(/(\[\[\s.*?\s\]\])/g, (str, p1, offset, s) => _parse(str));
+      return text;
     }
 
   window.cardTools = cardTools;