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

Simply set express view engine to "ejs"

const express = require("express");
const app = express();

// template engine config
app.set("view engine", "ejs");
app.set("views", "views"); // setting the folder that has our views & it is default value even if not declared

app.get("/", (req, res, next) => {
  res.render("index");
});

and of course you need to set your directory as so:

• views (contains all main & partial views).
• app.js (has the above configurations).

And that is it.