node.js ejs include error

Question

I am creating this template:

<% include head %>
<Placemark>
    <name><%=name%></name>
    <description><%=description%></description>
    <Point>
        <coordinates><%=coordinates%></coordinates>
        </Point>
</Placemark>
<% include foot %>

But I always get this error:

if (!filename) throw new Error('filename option is required for includ
                         ^

Directories:

justas@justas-Studio-1555:~/node-socket.io/socket.io/examples/kml$ ls -1
app.js
foot.ejs
head.ejs
placemark.ejs

Can someone help, I according to toolbox everything should work

app.js:

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

var fs = require('fs')

http.createServer(function (req, res) {

res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/xml'});

fs.readFile('placemark.ejs', 'utf8', function (err, template) {

var content = ejs.render(template,{
    name:"test name",
    description:"this is the description",
    coordinates:"-122.0822035425683,37.42228990140251,0"
});

res.write(content);
res.end()
});
}).listen(8000);
console.log('Server listening at at xxxxxxxx');

using ejs I render template, which constructs from other templates. Using ejs-locals it says that it has no method render. Is there any way to do this with only 'ejs' ??

Answer 1

Here is a working example:

It appears you need to pass in the filename of the template, in order to be able to use include - See example here

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

var fs = require('fs');

http.createServer(function (req, res) {

res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/xml'});

fs.readFile('placemark.ejs', 'utf8', function (err, template) {

var content = ejs.render(template,{
    name:"test name",
    description:"this is the description",
    coordinates:"-122.0822035425683,37.42228990140251,0",
    filename: __dirname + '/placemark.ejs'
});

res.write(content);
res.end()
});
}).listen(8000);
console.log('Server listening at at xxxxxxxx');