What is the proper way to set up Express routing with HTML files when using the ng-boilerplate kickstarter?

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I'm struggling to perform routing using Express in the ng-boilerplate structure.

I'd like to do it using HTML view files (as opposed to JADE).

Can anyone help provide examples of how to do this?

I keep getting Failed to lookup view xx errors when using app.get('/', function(req, res){ res.render('index'); });

Can you show what is configurations for your express app? And which view engine are you using? — Amol M Kulkarni, Sep 11 '13 at 08:21
I'm trying not to use a view engine and just use HTML files... is this possible? — manihiki, Sep 16 '13 at 00:38

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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Try to set your views directory:

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.configure(function() { 
        app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
        app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');  // <=== Where your HTML view files are present
        app.set('view engine', 'jade'); //Your view engine to be set here
    });

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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answered Sep 11 '13 at 08:11

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This isn't quite what I wanted, since the code you gave uses jade as a view engine, but I got something working with ejs doing something similar to what you suggested. Thanks! – manihiki Sep 18 '13 at 04:02
@manihiki Actually I commented in my answer like `//Your view engine to be set here` so you can use any template engines. Nice to see my answer help you yo solve issue in some way.. Happy coding & exploring.. :) – Amol M Kulkarni Sep 18 '13 at 12:38

What is the proper way to set up Express routing with HTML files when using the ng-boilerplate kickstarter?

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