How do I render an EJS template file in Node.js?

Question

I\'m using Node.js and trying to render an EJS template file. I figured out how to render strings:

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Answer 1

There's a synchronous version of this pattern that tightens it up a little more.

var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
    var filePath = __dirname + '/sample.html';
    var template = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8');
    res.end(ejs.render(template,{}));
});

Note the use of readFileSync(). If you specify the encoding (utf8 here), the function returns a string containing your template.