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Bruno
Bruno

Reputation: 7191

ejs error 'include' requires the 'filename' option

PROBLEM

by some online examples you may use syntax like this

<%- include hello-world %>

or even you can use

<%- include('hello-world'); %>

you may get error that include missing filename

Exception occurred: Error: `include` requires the 'filename' option.

Q where is the problem if my syntax is right?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3778

Answers (2)

Lothre1
Lothre1

Reputation: 3853

It's 03/2023 and EJS latest version is v3.1.8.

Info you are using EJS@v2 such as v2.5.4 you may want to read this:

EJS has a bug on relative paths detection that impacts windows but not unix systems that results in above error message as you can see here

Upgrading to version 2.7.4 will fix the issue.

If you are using version3 this shouldn't be an issue.

Upvotes: 0

Bruno
Bruno

Reputation: 7191

Answer is in backend "file path"

but even if you used the proper path you get an error too

var fs = require('fs');
ejs.render(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/templates/include.ejs', 'utf8'), {});

right answer is "use renderFile"

ejs.renderFile(__dirname + '/templates/include.ejs', {}, function(err, result) {
    if (!err) {
        res.end(result);
    }
    else {
        res.end(err.toString());
        console.log(err);
    }
});

ref

Upvotes: 5

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