CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javascriptjqueryhtmlnode.js
Srijan Sharma
Srijan Sharma

Reputation: 693

send parameter from routes to htmlfile

i have an application in nodejs. now i am sending a parameter along with the url which i want to use in the script part of html. below is my code present in route : 

app.use('/overview',function(req, res) {
module.exports.dbname = req.query.dbname; 
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, '../public/html', 'overview.html'));
});

Below is the code present in my overview.html file:

<script>
  function cb(start, end) {
   $('#reportrange span').html(start.format('MMMM D, YYYY') + ' - ' + end.format('MMMM D, YYYY'));
   filter = {
       "start" : start.format('YYYY-MM-DD'),
       "end" : end.format('YYYY-MM-DD '),
       "gender" : gender,
       "dbname" : //dbname from url will come here
      });
  };
</script>

now i want to use the dbname in my overview.html part to send it as a parameter for backend calls. I can load it directly in my js file but that will not serve my purpose. How can it be done.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 78

Answers (2)

Mukesh Kumar
Mukesh Kumar

Reputation: 952

You are using res.sendFile, so you cannot pass any data with it because that just reads a file from disk and streams it as the response, giving you no chance to modify it

You need template systems to accomplish your task (EJS,Handlebars,Mustache)

Upvotes: 0

Sello Mkantjwa
Sello Mkantjwa

Reputation: 1915

I think the best approach would be to take a look at a template engine such as handlebars or pug

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions