express-handlebars cant find dir or file

Question

okey so im trying to get handlebars to workand so ive been following this youtube guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfQFoMOd_ng

and my problem is that the code on row 15 gets an error:

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\9826skma\Desktop\Lol stats\playground\test handlebars\views\layouts\main.handlebars'

server.js file

ive used

npm i express --save, npm i express-handlebars --save in powershell

Answer 1

You can also add defaultLayout: null. So for example ...

app.engine('.hbs', exphbs({
    extname: '.hbs',
    defaultLayout: null
}));

Answer 2

Your folder is called layout, but the code is looking for layouts.