EJS can't render template given as a variable

Question

My project structure

index.js
views
   ------partials
             --------login
             --------footer
   ------pages
            ---------index

Now i am rendering index.ejs via

res.render('pages/index',{template:'../partials/login'})}

In index.ejs i have

<% include (template) %>

I get this error Error: Could not find include include file.

I have view cache set to false. These are my project dependencies

"dependencies": {
"ejs": "^2.5.7",
"express": "^4.16.3",
"express-generator": "^4.16.0"}

I tried giving abosulte path didn't work. Any suggestions?

Possible duplicate of [Could not find include include file](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46309842/could-not-find-include-include-file) — Aaron Rumery, Mar 24 '18 at 19:56

Mr_Nobody1166 · Answer 1 · 2018-03-25T15:33:35.877

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The problem I think, is that you are including template as a string, and you are putting it in brackets. Try it like this:

<% include ../partials/login %>

What I think it is reading it as is:

<% include ('../partials/login') %>

Try that. I'm pretty sure it will work, because you have the most updated versions of your dependencies. Please tell me if that helped.

edited Mar 25 '18 at 15:33

answered Mar 24 '18 at 20:20

Mr_Nobody1166

The syntax for includes [in the docs](http://ejs.co/#docs) shows that the parentheses are expected. If you put quotes around it, then it becomes a string literal, and the question is about using a variable. – Quentin Mar 25 '18 at 15:36
So maybe you need to do this: – Mr_Nobody1166 Mar 25 '18 at 17:10
<%- include ('../partials/login') %> – Mr_Nobody1166 Mar 25 '18 at 17:11

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