How to: Use ejs without express

Question

I'm starting with node in general, and I'm attempting to do a site without express. I would none the less want to use ejs to inject my html and this is where my problem is... How do I attach the ejs.render(...) to the response?

PS: I know it might be a better option to use express, but I want to know how it works underneath before bridging it.

Something like:

var ejs = require("ejs");

function index (response, request, sequelize) {
    response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/html"});
    test_data = "test data";
    response.end(ejs.render("./views/home.html",test_data));
}

exports.index = index;

But that works ^_^

Thanks!

Answer 1

First of all, You need install ejs -> $ npm install ejs --save

Simple example:

main.ejs:

<p> <%= exampleRenderEjs  %> </p>

server.ejs

var ejs = require('ejs');
var fs = require('fs');

var htmlContent = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/main.ejs', 'utf8');

var htmlRenderized = ejs.render(htmlContent, {filename: 'main.ejs', exampleRenderEjs: 'Hello World!'});

console.log(htmlRenderized);