bm-express-block
Express middleware for using html or text block in views, support ejs jade etc. view engines.
Examples
Basic
You can view example code here.
layout.ejs
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<%- setBlock('title', 'base', 'Myapp - ') %>
<title><%- blocks.title %></title>
<%- blocks.header %>
</head>
<body>
<%- body %>
<%- blocks.footer %>
</body>
</html>index.ejs
<%- setBlock('title', 'index', 'Site Home') %>
<h1>My Site</h1>
<p>Welcome to My Site</p>
user.ejs
{{base}} is used for inherit block html content of parent template.
E.g. {{base}}User will output 'Myapp - ' set by layout.ejs before 'User', so the whole output is 'Myapp - User'.
<%- setBlock('title', 'user', '{{base}}User') %>
<h1>users</h1>
<%- setBlock('footer', 'user',
'<script>var userId = ' + id + ';</script>' +
'<script src="/js/user.js"></script>'
) %>
Usage
Installation
npm install bm-express-block --save-devUse in your Expressjs application
// Require it
var bmExpressBlock = require('bm-express-block');
var app = express();
// Add this line after you create instance of Expressjs
app.use(bmExpressBlock());Api
blocks
<%- blocks.name %>
View object for outputting named block html
setBlock()
<%-setBlock(name, scope, html) %>
View method for adding the given HTML to the named block
Release History
- 2015-12-13 v1.1.0 Change init method, update doc
- 2015-07-31 v1.0.0 Initial commit