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

The answer of @ksloan should be the accepted one. It uses the ejs function precisely for this purpose.

Here is an example of how to use with Bluebird:

var Promise = require('bluebird');
var path = require('path');
var ejs = Promise.promisifyAll(require('ejs'));

ejs.renderFileAsync(path.join(__dirname, 'template.ejs'), {context: 'my context'})
  .then(function (tpl) {
    console.log(tpl);
  })
  .catch(function (error) {
    console.log(error);
  });

For the sake of completeness here is a promisified version of the currently accepted answer:

var ejs = require('ejs');
var Promise = require('bluebird');
var fs = Promise.promisifyAll(require('fs'));
var path = require('path');

fs.readFileAsync(path.join(__dirname, 'template.ejs'), 'utf-8')
  .then(function (tpl) {
    console.log(ejs.render(tpl, {context: 'my context'}));
  })
  .catch(function (error) {
    console.log(error);
  });