express-template

View replacement for Express using Template.

Install

Install with npm:

npm i express-template --save-dev

Run tests

npm test

Usage

// create normal express app
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
 
// create an instance of Template to use
var Template = require('template');
var template = new Template();
 
// require in express-template
var View = require('express-template')(template);
// add some global configuration
View.config({
  data: ['data/*.json'],
  layouts: ['views/layouts/*.hbs'],
  partials: ['views/{partials, includes}/*.hbs']
});
 
// configure the express app so it uses View
app.set('view', View);

API

View

Initialize a new View with the given name. This View class matches the interface for the View class in express so it can replace the default View engine.

• name {String}
• options {Object}

Options:

• defaultEngine the default template engine name
• root root path for view lookup

.render

• options {Object}
• fn {Function}

Render with the given options and callback fn(err, str).

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Author

Brian Woodward

• github/doowb
• twitter/doowb

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Brian Woodward
Released under the MIT license

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