Configured express to use ejs templating language

2026-01-01 17:59:25 +00:00 · 2022-01-23 23:57:32 +00:00
parent fb419c3692
commit dc881fcfa9
3 changed files with 197 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ async function main() {
 	// Initialise express app
 	const app = express();

+	// Set up templating language and path
+	app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
+	app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, '/views/pages'));
+
 	// Set up parsers to allow reading of POST form data
 	app.use(bodyParser.json());
 	app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 			"dependencies": {
 				"bcrypt": "^5.0.1",
 				"body-parser": "^1.19.1",
+				"ejs": "^3.1.6",
 				"express": "^4.17.2",
 				"express-mysql-session": "^2.1.7",
 				"express-session": "^1.17.2",
@@ -1492,6 +1493,11 @@
 				"node": ">=8"
 			}
 		},
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 		"node_modules/asynckit": {
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 			"integrity": "sha1-WQxhFWsK4vTwJVcyoViyZrxWsh0="
 		},
+		"node_modules/ejs": {
+			"version": "3.1.6",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ejs/-/ejs-3.1.6.tgz",
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+			},
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+				"ejs": "bin/cli.js"
+			},
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+				"node": ">=0.10.0"
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 		"node_modules/electron-to-chromium": {
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 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-to-chromium/-/electron-to-chromium-1.4.49.tgz",
@@ -2755,6 +2775,14 @@
 				"node": "^10.12.0 || >=12.0.0"
 			}
 		},
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 		"node_modules/fill-range": {
 			"version": "7.0.1",
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@@ -3393,6 +3421,87 @@
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 			}
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+				"chalk": "^2.4.2",
+				"filelist": "^1.0.1",
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+			},
+			"bin": {
+				"jake": "bin/cli.js"
+			},
+			"engines": {
+				"node": "*"
+			}
+		},
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 			"integrity": "sha1-WQxhFWsK4vTwJVcyoViyZrxWsh0="
 		},
+		"ejs": {
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+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ejs/-/ejs-3.1.6.tgz",
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 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-to-chromium/-/electron-to-chromium-1.4.49.tgz",
@@ -8234,6 +8356,14 @@
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--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 	"dependencies": {
 		"bcrypt": "^5.0.1",
 		"body-parser": "^1.19.1",
+		"ejs": "^3.1.6",
 		"express": "^4.17.2",
 		"express-mysql-session": "^2.1.7",
 		"express-session": "^1.17.2",