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user2539369
user2539369

Reputation:

Node Ejs module, include not working

Im having some trouble including a html snippets into my index.html . I have tried to follow, the ejs documentation but I just can't seem to make it work.

Directory Structure:

project
-public
--assets
---css
---images
---js
--Index
---index.html + index.css and index.js
--someOtherPageFolder
-views
--partials
---partials1.ejs
--index.ejs
--layout.ejs
-server.js

This is my server.js (NEW):

var express  = require("express");
var partials = require("express-partials");
var http     = require('http');
var path     = require('path');
var app      = express();

app.get("/", function(req, res) {
  res.redirect("index");
});

app.configure(function(){
  app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 8888);
  app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
  app.set('view engine', 'ejs');

  app.use(partials());
  app.use(express.favicon());
  app.use(express.logger('dev'));
  app.use(express.json());
  app.use(express.urlencoded());
  app.use(express.methodOverride());
  app.use(express.bodyParser());
  app.use(app.router);
  app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
});

http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){
      console.log('App listening on port ' + app.get('port'));
    });

This is my test.ejs:

<h1>This is test!</h1>

And this is where I want the html snipp to go:

<div id="sb-site">
    <div class="">
        <p>Not test</p>
        <%- include test.html %> 
    </div>
</div>

What am I doing wrong? Is there also a way for me to do this and use .html instead of .ejs (Im using eclipse and it doesn't support .ejs files)

Upvotes: 2

Views: 15187

Answers (3)

Fabien Thetis
Fabien Thetis

Reputation: 1734

You need to use the new include syntax:

before: <%- include test.html %> after: <%- include ('test') %>

Upvotes: 0

Daniel H&#248;if&#248;dt
Daniel H&#248;if&#248;dt

Reputation: 97

With include you shoud do like this:

<%- include ("./partials/footer") %>

Upvotes: 7

Seth
Seth

Reputation: 10454

Express 3 breaks ejs partials, use express-partials instead.

// Include it like so with your other modules
var express       = require("express");
var partials      = require('express-partials');
var server        = express();

// Finally add it into your server conviguration
server.configure(function(){
   server.set('view engine', 'ejs');
   // Include partials middleware into the server
   server.use(partials());
});

In your .ejs views, enjoy the luxury like so...

<%- include ../partials/header %>

<section id="welcome">
  Welcome
</section>

<%- include ../partials/footer %>

Also, rather than setting the ejs module to read .html just follow this answer to get eclipse to render .ejs as .html. how do i get eclipse to interpret .ejs files as .html?

As an example, this is how a basic express structure is setup...

project
--public
--views
----layout.ejs
----index.ejs
----partials
------partial1.ejs
--server.js

server.js would look like...

var express  = require('express'),
    partials = require('express-partials'),
    http     = require('http'),
    path     = require('path');

var app = express();

// all environments
app.configure(function() {
  app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3838);
  app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
  app.set('view engine', 'ejs');

  // Middleware
  app.use(partials());
  app.use(express.favicon());
  app.use(express.logger('dev'));
  app.use(express.json());
  app.use(express.urlencoded());
  app.use(express.methodOverride());
  app.use(app.router);
  app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
});

http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){
  console.log('App listening on port ' + app.get('port'));
});

Your route would look like...

server.get("/", function(req, res) {
  res.render("index");
});

And finally, your layout.ejs...

<html>
  <head>
    <title></title>
  </head>

  <body>
    <%- body %>
  </body>
</html>

and index.ejs ...

<div id="index">
  <%- include partial1.ejs %>
</div>

If you need a reference to the working example, here it is

Upvotes: 3

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