Unable to include relative path file using Jade Template

Question

I'm receiving the following error when I'm attempting to include a file in the same folder:

the "filename" option is required to use "include" with "relative" paths 

There are two files:

index.jade

list_of_items.jade

.content-container
  .row
    .col-lg-10.col-lg-offset-1.col-xs-12
      .row
        .col-xs-3
          include list_of_items
        .col-xs-9
          include content

I tried to use base path, but then received the following error:

the "basedir" option is required to use "include" with "absolute" paths

The code for the base path is as follows:

.content-container
  .row
    .col-lg-10.col-lg-offset-1.col-xs-12
      .row
        .col-xs-3
          include /User/project/list_of_items
        .col-xs-9
          include content

I'm completely at a loss. Is there another setting somewhere that I am missing? It feels like this should be something super simple. What am I missing?

Answer 1

You are using jade.compile(), right? As the error message states, you are not passing the filename option. Since you are only giving a string to compile to Jade, it does not know where to look for the included files.

An example where the script and the jade files are in the same folder. The index.jade file includes another file using include foo:

var jade = require('jade'),
    fs   = require('fs'),
    path = require('path');

var fn = jade.compile(fs.readFileSync('index.jade', 'utf-8'), {
  filename: path.join(__dirname, 'index.jade'),
  pretty:   true
});

console.log(fn());

Or with "absolute paths" that in Jade are absolute in reference to the given basedir you would do the following. The index.jade file now includes the same file but using absolute path, ie. include /foo:

var jade = require('jade'),
    fs   = require('fs');

var fn = jade.compile(fs.readFileSync('index.jade', 'utf-8'), {
  basedir: __dirname,
  pretty:  true
});

console.log(fn());

For all options see the API docs.