Express 4 handlebars render without layout

Question

Is there a way in an express 4 app to render a view without using a layout?

I have a layout.hbs inside the project. The file seems to be used without needing to register it anywhere and for most views that is ok, but what if just a single view needs to be rendered without?

Answer 1

Assuming you are using express-handlebars you can specify a different layout from your route/controller when you call the render method. To get rid of the layout altogether you can set the layout to false.

router.get('/', function(req, res) {     res.render('home', {layout: false}); }); 

https://github.com/ericf/express-handlebars#layouts