Open kortac opened 8 years ago
You can change the root folder option but it is always ignored:
/** * Created by korial on 10.05.16. */ var express = require("express"); var ECT = require("ect"); var path = require("path"); var viewsRoot = path.join(__dirname, "gui", "views"); var ectRenderer = ECT({watch: false, root: viewsRoot, ext: ".ect"}); var app = express(); app.set("view engine", "ect"); app.set("views root", viewsRoot); app.engine("ect", ectRenderer.render); console.log(viewsRoot); app.use((req, res) => { res.render("frontend/home", {}); }); app.listen(8080, "0.0.0.0", () => { console.log("Server listening on..."); });
And the console output:
/home/korial/test/gui/views Server listening on... Error: Failed to lookup view "frontend/home" in views directory "/home/korial/test/views"
Tested with express 4.13.4 and ECT 0.5.9
Ok, got it. The root folder option only applies to includes within templates.
Is it possible to also affect res.render?
You can change the root folder option but it is always ignored:
And the console output:
Tested with express 4.13.4 and ECT 0.5.9