Express.js & Node.js | Rendering template

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1) Can I render a view with Express without using any template file like jade?

I'm building a real-time chat system for Mobile Devs (cross-platform, so it's a web app) with Node, Express & Socket.io, and the server code core will be build for dispatch messages, user's requests & so on, I don't need to have a view but the result of the functions, because the view is already running on the device.

Yes, you can use EJS which looks like HTML with a few extra tokens to allow you to insert dynamic text. — Hector Correa
– Hector Correa, Commented Mar 18, 2014 at 13:36
Your question isn't clear : do you want to use a HTML file and no template (that's what my answer assumes) or do you want to use a template more like HTML (what @HectorCorrea seems to have understood) ? — Denys Séguret
– Denys Séguret, Commented Mar 18, 2014 at 13:41
I need to handle only the results of the functions without template or view. Thanks for the answer. — Andrea Giachetto
– Andrea Giachetto, Commented Mar 18, 2014 at 13:49

loganfsmyth · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-18 14:48:40Z

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That's not really rendering, just serving.

You can send a file as answer using res.sendfile :

res.sendfile("pathToYourFile.html");

edited Mar 18, 2014 at 14:48

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The Fonz · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-18 14:59:39Z

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If you just want to send the results of functions, you can simply send the response without using a template by calling the .end() method (documentation) of the response object that Node passes. An example:

function onRequest( request, response ) {
  functionResult = someFunctionYouWantToCall();
  response.end( functionResult );
}

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