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JavaScript Build a Simple Dynamic Site with Node.js Creating a Basic Template Engine in Node.js Reading from Files

Noora Kurko
Noora Kurko
7,785 Points
Posted by Noora Kurko
Noora Kurko
7,785 Points

Hi! I get a "renderer.view is not a function" error from this assignment.

//renderer.js:

const fs = require('fs');

function view(templateName, values, response) { fs.readFile('./views/' + templateName + '.html', function (error, fileContents) { if (error) throw error; response.write(fileContents);
});

module.exports.view = view;

}

//router.js (the part that matters here):

const renderer = require("./renderer.js");

function home(request, response) { if (request.url === "/") { response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}); renderer.view("header", {}, response); response.write("Search\n"); response.end("Footer\n"); } }

1 Answer

Noora Kurko
Noora Kurko
7,785 Points
Noora Kurko
Noora Kurko
7,785 Points

Problem solved! Had the module.exports.view = view; inside the curly braces :)