Where to access and store EJS Helpers - SailsJS

Question

Well,

SailJS\'s default templateing engine is EJS (Embedded Javascript)

But I cannot seem to find the place where we can create ou

Answer 1

You should create file in ./config with name anyname.js and write some EJS helper like these code:

var moment = require('moment');
var ejs = require('ejs');

ejs.filters.fromNow = function(date){
  return moment(date).fromNow()
}
ejs.filters.formatDate = function(date){
  return moment(date).format('MMM Do YYYY');
}
ejs.open = '';

Then in layout, view, it should be call

Hope that help!

Update

For some reasons, you guys have to install module sails locally to make sense. So just paste to your console:

npm i sails

regards,

Anh Nguyen