I'm new to express framework i just want know how to render html page with some data from mongo DB i used below code to send html but not sure how to send some data
res.sendFile(path + "feature.html"); this is success as html get renders
send data like this ??
res.sendFile(path + "feature.html", {data: data});
how to display data in html ?? if i have sent an array like this
res.sendFile(path + "feature.html", {data: []});
how to loop this in html ??
I suggest you to use some template engine, like ejs or jade. This form, you can use res.render and send json information for view. For more details consult the engine docs and res.render doc too.
If you need to render an html page on node.js express, you need to install any of the template engine like ejs or jade and set the view directory. The code used to install ejs using npm is,
npm install ejs --save
include the following code into your app.js file will resolve your problem.
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/'));
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extend:true}));
app.engine('html', require('ejs').renderFile);
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
app.set('views', __dirname);
app.get('/', function(req, res){
res.render("index");
});
app.set('view engine', 'html'); to app.set('view engine', 'ejs'); running fine.