Using a MEAN environment (Express 4) and EJS as a template engine, I am struggling with a path issue.
Root path of my project: /Users/admin/projectX/
path of pages (.ejs format): /Users/admin/projectX/views/pages
path of partials(.ejs format): /Users/admin/projectX/views/partials
Code samples:
app.set('view engine', 'ejs'); //using ejs as template engine instead of jade
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views'); //defining absolute path of views folder
//sample route for calling index.ejs
app.route('/')
.get(function(req, res) {
res.render('/pages/index'); //index.ejs is located in the pages folder (full path see list above)
});
For some reason I keep getting this error:
Error: Failed to lookup view "/pages/index" in views directory "/Users/admin/projectX/views"
IMHO the path should correctly add up to /Users/admin/projectX/views/pages/index, so why can't it be found?!
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I am having problems in setting partial view paths in nodeJs + expressJs. Below is my directory structure.
Directory Structure
packages
--Module1
----Views
------sample.ejs
--sharedModule
----Views
------partials
--------Module1.ejs
--------partialHTML.ejs //able to use in index.ejs
------index.ejs //Used : <% include partials/partialHTML%>
ExpressJS:
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'packages/sharedModule/views'));
I am able to use 'partialHTML.ejs' in index.ejs file using <% include partials/partialHTML%>..
How can i use Module1.ejs files under Module1/view/sample.ejs file ?
You've set packages/sharedModule/views as your views directory, sample.ejs is no where under that dir, it's under another path. That's why it's not found.
In Linux you could create a soft link to point the shared views Module1/views/sharedviews ==> ../../sharedModule/views, then set your Module1 as the root path for views -
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'packages/Module1/views'));
So when you look for any view, it's guaranteed to be found, since now your views dir has both Module1 and sharedModule views.
I have folder structure like
--project
----public
------flowplayer
----views
I want to access files inside js folder from the ejs file inside views. I tried like this but did not work
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
From EJS I am accessing file like this
<script type="text/javascript" src="../public/flowplayer/flowplayer-3.2.13.min.js"></script>
But I am getting error like
http://localhost:3000/connect/125468/test/48B1527B237BB/flowplayer/flowplayer-3.2.13.min.js
Thanks
I was able to solve this by giving the path for the required js file in ejs as '/flowplayer/flowplayer-3.2.13.min.js' instead of '../public/flowplayer/flowplayer-3.2.13.min.js'
So i have a directory structure as following
public
views
register.jade
And under my index.js file i have set up the code for template engine with Express as follow
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.set('views', __dirname + '/public/views');
app.get('/', function(req, res){
res.render('register');
});
I have tried everything as far as the path structure but still keep getting the failed to lookup error
Edit: So it works when you have the views directory set out in the main path app/views instead of app/public/views. Still not understanding the underlying cause for this
New to node, and have it running pulling in an HTML page using Express and EJS
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.engine('html', require('ejs').renderFile);
//load up index file
app.get('/', function(req, res){
res.render('index.html');
});
However the HTML includes some relative path JS scripts
<html>
....more...
<script src="js/libs/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="js/libs/underscore.js"></script>
<script src="js/libs/backbone.js"></script>
If i run my HTML page via my original "localhost/myProject" it all works fine. However if i launch my file via Node which is set to "localhost:8080"
app.server.listen(8080);
Then it no longer finds the "/js" directory. Is there some sort of configuration that I am missing, or should i go about this another way?
Update:
Just found this
app.use(express.static( __dirname + '/public' ));
might be what I am looking for, although i need to do some refactoring
you should configure express to server static files, for example, put all the static files under a directory called 'public'
app.configure(function () {
app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use('/public', express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
app.use(app.router);
});
then in your html:
<script src="/public/js/libs/jquery.js"></script>
I have a directory like this
/Workspace
/app
app.js
/lib
/public
/styles
*.css
/scripts
*.js
/views
*.jade
from app.js in app, I have the following code:
libPath = __dirname + '/../lib'
... express stuff ...
app.configure(function() {
app.set('view', libPath + '/views')
... express stuff ...
app.use(express.static(libPath + '/public'))
... rest of the app ...
Now, the problem is that Jade can't find any of the views, but all the static assets are found. Thus, app.set('view') isn't working, but express.static is. If I copy the views directory to app, using __dirname + '/views' works fine. Anyone know why this is happening?
doing app.get('view'), I get a directory like this: /Users/jong/Workspace/app/../lib/views. I tried doing the absolute route /Users/jong/Workspace/lib/views as well to no avail. It's just weird that this directory works for static assets but not templates.
You have a mistype, the correct option name is views, not view.
Configure your application like
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.set('view options', { layout: true });
But the main root of issue is that you seem to misunderstand how express (and the MVC at all) works.
express sends out the static data to the browser, using your express.static configure directive, once the request url matches the existing static file path.
Otherwise, it tries to find any defined route for the requested path and to execute the associated controller (which may or may not use the template engine in turn).
So, in order to show e.g. the index page (even if it has no parameters), given you have an index.js in your views folder, you have to do something like
app.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
res.render('index', {});
});