Nodejs EJS helper functions?

Question

Is there a way to register helper functions to EJS templates, so that they can be called from any EJS template? So, it should work something like this.

app.js

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Answer 1

I have another solution to this, and I think it has some advantages:

• Don't polute your code exporting filters.
• Access any method without the need to export them all.
• Better ejs usage (no | pipes).

On your controller:

exports.index = function(req, res) {
// send your function to ejs
    res.render('index', { sayHi: sayHi });
}

function sayHi(name) {
    return 'Hello ' + name;
};

Now you can use sayHi function inside your ejs:

    
<%= sayHi('Nice Monkey!') %>

You can use this method to send modules to ejs, for example, you could send 'moment' module to format or parse dates.