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user3424387
user3424387

Reputation: 21

Express Render not working return error: No default engine was specified and no extension was provided

I'm writing an Express application without a template engine I am using just using HTML as the template engine.

app.set('view engine', 'html');

actually, the whole code was generated using express-generator and I set the view to --no-view Flag and the index URL page runs well but trying another URL like users or any other except the index URL does work all it shows is No default engine was specified and no extension was provided. But if I Add the above code app.set('view engine', 'html'); it returns Error: Cannot find module 'html'. Below are the codes.

var indexRouter = require('./routes/index');
var usersRouter = require('./routes/users');
var addressRouter = require('./routes/address');

var app = express();
    app.set('view engine', 'html');
    app.use(logger('dev'));
    app.use(express.json());
    app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
    app.use(cookieParser());
    app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

    app.use('/', indexRouter);
    app.use('/users', usersRouter);

    module.exports = app;

And the userRouter user.js

var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();

/* GET users listing. */
router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
  res.render('index');
});

module.exports = router;

For Home Page 

router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
  res.render('index');
});

Can someone please tell what is wrong here.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3402

Answers (3)

user3424387
user3424387

Reputation: 21

What I did was with sendFile on the route controller like the userRoute controller 

res.sendFile(path.resolve(__dirname,'../public/index.html'));

and I remove the set engine 

app.set('view engine', 'html');

But the index page works perfectly without the above tweak.

Upvotes: 0

Paul
Paul

Reputation: 36319

As @Henrique said, you are already able to render staticHTML. What’s tripping you up is the res.render calls. Those specifically exist to call a template. Switch to res.send and your error should go away.

Upvotes: 0

Henrique Viana
Henrique Viana

Reputation: 680

To serve html you do not need to use the view engine, just use express.static, as you are already using

app.use (express.static (path.join (__ dirname, 'public')));

Upvotes: 2

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