Node.js - EJS - including a partial

Question

I am trying to use Embedded Javascript renderer for node: https://github.com/visionmedia/ejs

I would like to know how I can include another view file (partial) inside a .ejs view file.

Answer 1

With Express 3.0:

<%- include myview.ejs %>

the path is relative from the caller who includes the file, not from the views directory set with app.set("views", "path/to/views").

EJS includes

Answer 2

In Express 4.x I used the following to load ejs:

  var path = require('path');

  // Set the default templating engine to ejs
  app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
  app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));

  // The views/index.ejs exists in the app directory
  app.get('/hello', function (req, res) {
    res.render('index', {title: 'title'});
  });

Then you just need two files to make it work - views/index.ejs:

<%- include partials/navigation.ejs %>

And the views/partials/navigation.ejs:

<ul><li class="active">...</li>...</ul>

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You can also tell Express to use ejs for html templates:

var path = require('path');
var EJS  = require('ejs');

app.engine('html', EJS.renderFile);

// Set the default templating engine to ejs
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));

// The views/index.html exists in the app directory
app.get('/hello', function (req, res) {
  res.render('index.html', {title: 'title'});
});

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Finally you can also use the ejs layout module:

var EJSLayout = require('express-ejs-layouts');
app.use(EJSLayout);

This will use the views/layout.ejs as your layout.

Answer 3

As of Express 4.x

app.js

// above is all your node requires

// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views')); <-- ./views has all your .ejs files
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');

error.ejs

<!-- because ejs knows your root directory for views, you can navigate to the ./base directory and select the header.ejs file and include it -->

<% include ./base/header %> 
<h1> Other mark up here </h1>
<% include ./base/footer %>

Answer 4

Express 3.x no longer support partial. According to the post ejs 'partial is not defined', you can use "include" keyword in EJS to replace the removed partial functionality.

Answer 5

Try to use the whole path ==>

<% include C:/Users/UserName/Desktop/NodeJS/partials/header.ejs %> ---> pay attention to '/'

Tried this with node --version v8.11.4 + express module v.4.x

Answer 6

EJS by itself currently does not allow view partials. Express does.