html-express-js
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An Express template engine to render HTML views using native JavaScript
npm install html-express-js
The following is a high level example of how the package can be used as an Express template engine. See example directory for all details of a working implementation.
Set up your Express app to use this engine:
import htmlExpress, { renderView } from 'html-express-js';
const app = express();
const __dirname = resolve();
const viewsDir = `${__dirname}/public`;
const { engine, staticIndexHandler } = htmlExpress({
viewsDir, // root views directory to serve all index.js files
includesDir: `${viewsDir}/includes`, // OPTIONAL: where all includes reside
notFoundView: '404/index', // OPTIONAL: relative to viewsDir above
});
// set up engine
app.engine('js', engine);
// use engine
app.set('view engine', 'js');
// set directory where all index.js pages are served
app.set('views', viewsDir);
// render HTML in public/homepage.js with data
app.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
renderView('homepage', req, res, {
title: 'Awesome Homepage',
name: 'Bob',
});
});
// OPTIONALLY: route all GET requests to directories
// to their associated static index.js views in the public directory
// and, if not found, route to the 404/index.js view
app.use(staticIndexHandler());
Then you can create the associated files:
// public/includes/head.js
import { html } from 'html-express-js';
export const view = () => html`
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
<meta
name="viewport"
content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0"
/>
`;
// public/homepage.js
import { html } from 'html-express-js';
export const view = (data, state) => html`
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
${state.includes.head}
<title>${data.title}</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>This is the homepage for ${data.name}</h1>
</body>
</html>
`;
The following shows an example of showing a logged out state based on the cookie on a request.
import htmlExpress, { renderView } from 'html-express-js';
const app = express();
const __dirname = resolve();
const viewsDir = `${__dirname}/public`;
const { engine, staticIndexHandler } = htmlExpress({
viewsDir,
/**
* Inject global state into all views based on cookie
*/
buildRequestState: (req) => {
if (req.cookies['authed']) {
return {
loggedIn: true,
};
}
},
});
app.engine('js', engine);
app.set('view engine', 'js');
app.set('views', viewsDir);
app.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
renderView('homepage', req, res);
});
// public/homepage.js
import { html } from 'html-express-js';
export const view = (data, state) => {
const { loggedIn } = state;
return html`
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>${data.title}</title>
</head>
<body>
${loggedIn ? `<a href="/logout">Logout</a>` : 'Not logged in'}
</body>
</html>
`;
};
Run site in examples directory
npm start
Run tests
npm test
FAQs
An Express template engine to render HTML views using native JavaScript
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