unable to send data from express.js to html in template

Question

server.js

app.get('/',(req,res) => {
let path = require('path');
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname+'/index.html'),{name:"srk"})
})

index.html

<%= name %>

In some website i found this way to send data from express to html. but i am getting <%= name %> instead of actual data. please have a look into it

check out this [answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/25463996) — Sarthak Aggarwal, Oct 28 '18 at 14:00
but ther is only rendering available. i wants to send data to html — Kiran S youtube channel, Oct 28 '18 at 14:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 28 '18 at 14:04

You should use res.render( view, { options } ) instead i.e

You need a view engine such as ejs, and then set it in your code
Create views folder and point express to the folder
Rename your index.html file to index.ejs and move it to your newly created views folder

app.set('view engine', 'ejs');

app.set('views', <views folder url>);

Then in your app.get(), use

`res.render('index.ejs', {
    name: "srk"
}`

if you don't already have ejs, run npm install --save ejs

Yes, the code in ejs file is html. The only difference is the file extension .ejs instead of .html — Deyosse, Oct 29 '18 at 17:09

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