underscore.js with node-express

Question

I am trying to use underscore.js in a HTML file hosted with node-express server. This file is being used to render the dynamic data on client side. Below are the codes:

in app.js:

var cons = require('consolidate');
app.engine('html', cons.underscore);
app.set('view engine', 'html');
app.locals._ = require("underscore");

in HTML:

var template = _.template($('#client-list-template').html(), {clients: response});

here "response" is a JSON

in same HTML under template script

<script id ="client-list-template", type='text/template'>
        <table class="table striped">
            <thead>
                <tr>
                    <th>ID</th><th></th>
                </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
                <% _.each(clients, function(client) { %>
                    <tr>
                        <td><%= client.clientID %></td>
                        <td><a class="btn">Edit</a></td>
                    </tr>
                <% }); %>
            </tbody>
        </table>
    </script>

running this code throws and error:

ReferenceError: clients is not defined

Can someone please help me understanding what is the error and how to resolve it. Same HTML when hosted in Apache server works fine.

have you logged response? it looks like it may be undefined — Patrick Gunderson
– Patrick Gunderson, Commented Dec 19, 2014 at 23:59
_.template doesn't take two arguments. It takes one (the template) and returns a function, which itself takes one argument (the data). — Jack
– Jack, Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 0:01
@Jack It does actually take two arguments, but the second is not the data, it's the settings for the template string. But yeah, Vinny, you should do what he says. — Jordan Kasper
– Jordan Kasper, Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 0:46

pizzarob · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-25 23:26:42Z

1

Did you try it this way?

var template = _.template($('#client-list-template').html());
$('.output-div').html(template({
     clients : response
});

Also how are you getting the response variable?

answered Jan 25, 2015 at 23:26

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