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ViewsExpress js render : TypeError: this.engine is not a function
I am getting TypeError: this.engine is not a function. I don`t know why I am getting this error. Can anyone please help me to solve this issue.
My server file:
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var app = express();
//configure app
app.set('view engine', 'html');
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
res.render('index');
});
app.listen(3000, function() {
console.log('Ready on port 1337');
});
And my HTML file:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<div>Hello Express</div>
</body>
</html>
I get the error
My package.json:
{
"name": "app",
"version": "1.0.0",
"main": "index.html",
"directories": {
"test": "test"
},
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
},
"author": "mehadi",
"license": "UNLICENSED",
"dependencies": {
"express": "4.13.0",
"html": "^1.0.0"
},
"repository": {
"type": "git",
"url": "(github.com/mehadi07/Random.git)"
},
"devDependencies": {},
"description": ""
}
I installed the html engine via
npm install --save html
·
Santiago Trujillo
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The html package you've installed is unrelated to Express. So it's not surprising that if you tell Express to use it, it fails.
If you're looking to serve static HTML files, see this question's answers, and the Express documentation. The simplest way is just
app.use(express.static('views'));
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Santiago Trujillo
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html package is not a template engine that can be used with Express. Instead it is a HTML pretty printer CLI utility.
Please see Using template engines with Express for a list of template engines that works fine with Express.
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Santiago Trujillo
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