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Daniel Attiach
12,024 PointsSend data to display on html page (express, mongo)
Hello, Right now I'm learning how to use MongoDB along with Express. As I've seen, you can pass a variable to a .pug file in order to display that value on the page. I'm using html files and I was wondering how I can achieve the same effect.
Thanks!
2 Answers
Daniel Attiach
12,024 PointsAre pug templates the convetional way for websites these days? Are there any other ways to display data retrieved from mongo on a page?
Daniel McNeil
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 26,471 PointsUsing a template engine is the only way that I know of, but there are several different template engines to choose from:
https://expressjs.com/en/guide/using-template-engines.html
Pug just happens to be a popular one (I'm a fan of it myself.)
Daniel McNeil
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 26,471 PointsDaniel McNeil
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 26,471 PointsIn order to send variables to a page in Express, you have to render the page using a templating engine (like Pug for example). You can send an html file using the express sendFile command, but you can't attach any variables to it.
I would either rename your html files to pug files (since valid html is valid pug shorthand) or convert your html files to pug files.