express-handlebars cant find dir or file

Question

okey so im trying to get handlebars to workand so ive been following this youtube guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfQFoMOd_ng

and my problem is that the code on row 15 gets an error:

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\9826skma\Desktop\Lol stats\playground\test handlebars\views\layouts\main.handlebars'

server.js file

ive used

npm i express --save, npm i express-handlebars --save in powershell

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 14 '19 at 18:03

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You can also add defaultLayout: null. So for example ...

app.engine('.hbs', exphbs({
    extname: '.hbs',
    defaultLayout: null
}));

answered Jul 14 '19 at 18:03

athammer

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 24 '18 at 13:25

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Your folder is called layout, but the code is looking for layouts.

answered May 24 '18 at 13:25

Niklas Wenzel

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my god..., thx, you dont know how long ive been stuck with this xd – maxilaxen May 24 '18 at 13:29
Glad to help. ;) – Niklas Wenzel May 24 '18 at 13:32

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 12 '18 at 04:55

app.engine('.hbs', exphbs({
extname: '.hbs',
defaultLayout: 'main',
partialsDir: path.join(__dirname, 'views/partials'),
layoutsDir: path.join(__dirname, 'views/layouts')


 }));
app.set('view engine', '.hbs');

app.set('views',path.join(__dirname,'views'));

tried the above code and worked smoothly

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 21 '20 at 22:06

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Silly mistake, I had written this with a camelcase-

extName: '.hbs'

instead of all lowercase-

extname: '.hbs'

answered Jun 21 '20 at 22:06

Raul

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express-handlebars cant find dir or file

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