How to Print Array Of object in EJS?

Question

I want to print a userlist in a table using ejs into HTML template in Node js. So I am creating a API, my function is

const UsersReport = async (req, res) => {
  try {
    const users = await User.find().select(
      "name email mobile userType activeStatus photo accountType"
    );

    console.log("users", users);
    let pdf_path = path.normalize("public/user");
    if (!fs.existsSync(pdf_path)) {
      fs.mkdirSync(pdf_path);
    }
    const template = fs.readFileSync(
      path.resolve("templates/userList/index.html"),
      "utf8"
    );

    const content = ejs.render(template, users);
    let fullPdfPath = pdf_path + "/users.pdf";
    fs.writeFile(pdf_path + "/users.html", content, () => {
      let port = 5000;
      const url = `http://localhost:${port}/user/users.html`;
      const option = {
        format: "A4",
        path: fullPdfPath,
        printBackground: true,
      };
      const file = {
        url,
      };
      console.log("generating pdf");
      html_to_pdf.generatePdf(file, option).then((pdfbuf) => {
        console.log("pdf sent successfully");
        return response(res, StatusCodes.OK, true, "user/users.pdf", null);
      });
    });
  } catch (error) {
    return response(
      res,
      StatusCodes.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
      false,
      error,
      error.message
    );
  }
};

Here users return an array of object.

My HTML Template code is

<tr>
        <th>Name</th>
        <th>Contact</th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <% for(let i = 0; i <= users.length; i++ ){ %>
          <td><%= users[i].name %></td>
          <td><%= users[i].mobile %></td>
          <% } %>
      </tr>

But I didn't get the result this showing the following error

{ "status": false, "data": { "path": "" }, "message": "ejs:21\n 19| \r\n 20| \r\n >> 21| <% for(let i = 0; i <= users.length; i++ ){ %>\r\n 22| <%= users[i].name %>\r\n 23|
\r\n 24| \r\n\nusers is not defined" }

How can I solve this one?

k.tten · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-22 13:48:59Z

1

If I'm not mistaken, users should be in brackets (see examples on main page):

const content = ejs.render(template, { users });

to use something in a template, it should be given as a property in an object. { users } is just shorthand for { users: users }.

answered Oct 22, 2022 at 13:48

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