nest-jsx-template-engine
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JSX-based + typescript template engine for NestJS applications
This is a template engine for Nestjs applications that allows you to use JSX-based templates with strongly-typed params for server-side rendered HTML.
You don't need any extra templating engine like nunjucks or handlebars, and you get type-safety out of the box.
There's no additional compiler, since TypeScript compiles JSX natively.
:warning: WIP: this package is still in progress and that API is extremely volatile. Suggest not using in production.
Install the package:
npm install nest-jsx-template-engine
Update your tsconfig.json file to include jsx and jsxFactory options:
{
"compilerOptions": {
"jsx": "react",
"jsxFactory": "h"
}
}
Install the middleware in your Nest app.module:
// app.module.ts
import { Module, NestModule, MiddlewareConsumer } from '@nestjs/common';
import { RenderMiddleware } from 'nest-jsx-template-engine';
import { SomeModule } from './some/some.module';
@Module({
imports: [SomeModule],
})
export class AppModule implements NestModule {
configure(consumer: MiddlewareConsumer) {
consumer
.apply(RenderMiddleware)
.forRoutes('*');
}
}
Suggest installing it globally for all routes, but see Nest's documentation for other options on installing the middleware.
:warning: by default, the middleware will not render the template for requests that do not expect HTML in the header (e.g.,
Accept: 'text/html'). It will merely return the value from the controller. You can modify this behavior by extending the middleware class.
// app.controller.ts
import { Controller, Get } from '@nestjs/common';
import { AppService } from './app.service';
import { Render } from 'nest-jsx-template-engine';
import { App, IAppProps } from './app.view';
import { AppViewTransferObject } from './app.vto';
@Controller()
export class AppController {
constructor(private readonly appService: AppService) {}
@Get()
@Render<IAppProps>(App) // pass the App view directly to the Render decorator
getHello(): IAppProps {
return this.appService.getHello();
}
}
Define your template with JSX:
// app.view.tsx
import { h, JSXTemplate } from 'nest-jsx-template-engine'
export interface IAppProps {
name: string
}
/**
* @param {any} data the value returned from the controller
* @param {JSXTemplate.RenderProps} props framework provided props containing request.
*
* See below on extending the props passed
*/
export function App(data: IAppProps, props: JSXTemplate.RenderProps): string {
return <html>
<body>
<h1 class="foo">{data.name}</h1>
<div>Request Path: {props.$req.path} from ip: {props.$req.ip}
</body>
</html>
}
See a working demo in the Github repo.
The Render behavior provided by the middleware can be overriden in two key ways by sub-classing the middleware.
import { RenderMiddleware, JSXTemplate } from 'next-jsx-template-engine';
export interface CustomRenderProps extends JSXTemplate.RenderProps {
$foo: boolean
}
export class CustomRenderMiddleware {
// by default, the middleware will not render requests that do not expect HTML in the response.
// returning false will disable this check. You can do this variably by introspecting the req object
applyStrictAcceptHtmlCheck(req: Request): boolean {
// returning false means that the template will be rendered for all requests,
// regardless of client's accept headers.
return false;
}
// apply additional request/response specific properties that will be passed as
// the second parameter to the JSX template along with the data returned from
// the controller.
//
// Common use-cases might be supplying session data, CSRF tokens, etc.
decorateRenderProps(req: Request, res: Response): Partial<CustomRenderProps> {
return {
$foo: false
}
}
}
This package does not support React flavored JSX (e.g., className, htmlFor, etc). It expects basic HTML properties.
FAQs
JSX-based + typescript template engine for NestJS applications
We found that nest-jsx-template-engine demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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