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JavaScript Express Basics Using Templates with Express Review Response.render

Kris Thayer
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Kris Thayer
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Posted by Kris Thayer
Kris Thayer
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If the following variable was set in the Express app, how do you pass the posts object to your template, naming it "post

const posts = require('./mock/posts.json');

app.js 
const express = require('express');
const posts = require('./mock/posts.json');

const app = express();

app.set('view engine', 'pug');
app.set('views', __dirname + '/templates')
posts.set ('/posts', (req, res) => {
  res.render('posts');
});
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.render('main');
});

app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log("The frontend server is running on port 3000!");
});

1 Answer

Byron Injeeli
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Byron Injeeli
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Byron Injeeli
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Byron Injeeli
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 25,639 Points

Hi Kris, If you want to pass the posts variable to your template, you will need to do this:

app.get('/posts', (req, res) => {
  res.render('main', {posts: posts});
});