// server.js

var express = require('express'),
    path    = require('path');


var app = express();

app.engine('ejs', require('express-ejs-extend')); // add this line
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.render('index', {title: 'world!'});
});

app.listen(3000);

Finally, in your views, call the extend function:

<%# views/index.ejs %>

<% extend('layout') %>

<h1>Hello <%= title %></h1>

<%# views/layout.ejs %>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<%- content %>
</body>
</html>

That's all, your GET / will render:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>Hello world!</h1>
</body>
</html>

Notes:

In your view (the one that calls extend), you can surround the extend with any combination of (<% or <%-) and (%> or -%>).
In your layout, it's recommended to use exactly <%- content %> so the engine doesn't escape your HTML tags. Also you can end it with -%> instead to avoid any trailing \n.
The signature of extend is: extend(layout[, data]), so you can also pass an object with data and that will be passed to the layout.

License

This project is released under the MIT license.

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