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Reputation: 687

Node.js + Express without using Jade

Is it possible to use express without any template engine?

Upvotes: 44

Views: 41588

Answers (6)

Robert Brisita
Robert Brisita

Reputation: 5844

UPDATED

Some might have concerns that sendFile only provides client side caching. There are various ways to have server side caching and keeping inline with the OP's question one can send back just text too with send:

res.send(cache.get(key));

Below was the original answer from 3+ years ago:

For anyone looking for an alternative answer to PavingWays, one can also do:

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.sendFile('path/to/index.html');
});

With no need to write:

app.use(express['static'](__dirname + '/public'));

Upvotes: 15

Dan
Dan

Reputation: 1596

This is all out of date - correct answer for 3x, 4x is

The second answer here: Render basic HTML view?

Upvotes: 2

JGallardo
JGallardo

Reputation: 11373

For anyone having the need to immediately use regular HTML without jade in a new express project, you can do this.

Add a index.html to the views folder.

In app.js change 

app.get('/', routes.index);

to

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.sendfile("views/index.html");
});

UPDATE

Use this instead. See comment section below for explanation.

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.sendFile(__dirname + "/views/index.html"); 
});

Upvotes: 7

user2422457
user2422457

Reputation:

In your main file: 

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

Your index.jade file should only contain: 

include index.html

where index.html is the raw HTML you made.

Upvotes: 1

Rocco
Rocco

Reputation: 91

You can serve static files automatically with Express like this:

// define static files somewhere on top
app.use(express['static'](__dirname + '/your_subdir_with_html_files'));

Actually this should be express.static(...) but to pass JSLint above version works too ;)

Then you start the server and listen e.g. on port 1337:

// app listens on this port
app.listen(1337);

Express now serves static files in /your_subdir_with_html_files automatically like this:

http://localhost:1337/index.html

http://localhost:1337/otherpage.html

Upvotes: 3

Marcel M.
Marcel M.

Reputation: 2376

Yes,

app.get('/', function(req, res){
  res.render('index.html');
});

should just work

Upvotes: 30

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