SyntaxError: Unexpected token ,while compiling ejs

Question

I just started to learn Node JS. While rendering the ejs file, I got an Unexpected token error. Anyone help me out for this error. My code is below:

ERROR:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token { in C:\Users\Ghulam Abbas\Desktop\Node\Conditionals\views\blogpost.ejs while compiling ejs

If the above error is not helpful, you may want to try EJS-Lint:
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Or, if you meant to create an async function, pass async: true as an option.
at new Function (<anonymous>)
at Template.compile (C:\Users\Ghulam Abbas\Desktop\Node\Conditionals\node_modules\ejs\lib\ejs.js:633:12)
at Object.compile (C:\Users\Ghulam Abbas\Desktop\Node\Conditionals\node_modules\ejs\lib\ejs.js:392:16)
at handleCache (C:\Users\Ghulam Abbas\Desktop\Node\Conditionals\node_modules\ejs\lib\ejs.js:215:18)
at tryHandleCache (C:\Users\Ghulam Abbas\Desktop\Node\Conditionals\node_modules\ejs\lib\ejs.js:254:16)
at View.exports.renderFile [as engine] (C:\Users\Ghulam Abbas\Desktop\Node\Conditionals\node_modules\ejs\lib\ejs.js:485:10)
at View.render (C:\Users\Ghulam Abbas\Desktop\Node\Conditionals\node_modules\express\lib\view.js:135:8)
at tryRender (C:\Users\Ghulam Abbas\Desktop\Node\Conditionals\node_modules\express\lib\application.js:640:10)
at Function.render (C:\Users\Ghulam Abbas\Desktop\Node\Conditionals\node_modules\express\lib\application.js:592:3)
at ServerResponse.render (C:\Users\Ghulam Abbas\Desktop\Node\Conditionals\node_modules\express\lib\response.js:1012:7)

app.js

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

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.send('Blog Homepage.');
});

app.get('/posts', function(req, res) {

    res.render('blogpost.ejs', {posts : "posts"});

});


app.listen(3000, function() {
    console.log("Server is started.");
});

blogpost.ejs

<h1>Blog <%= posts %> </h1>

Thanks in advance.

Can you post complete code of ejs file? – Shubham Dixit Sep 01 '19 at 06:11 — Shubham Dixit, Sep 01 '19 at 06:11
I have just typed this one line only. – Jakki Sep 01 '19 at 06:14 — Jakki, Sep 01 '19 at 06:14

Truong Dang · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-01T06:29:01.610

I just update your code, seem you're forgot set view engine

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var path = require('path');
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.send('Blog Homepage.');
});

app.get('/posts', function(req, res) {

    res.render('blogpost.ejs', {posts : "posts"});

});


app.listen(3000, function() {
    console.log("Server is started.");
});

Please make sure you run npm i ejs. And you may need store all your view files in a folder for more clearly folder struct. In this code, please move your blogpost.ejs to views folder. Hope this helpfull

Can you accept my answer for others who looking for this problem ? — Truong Dang, Sep 01 '19 at 06:30

Nicodemus Ngufuli · Answer 2 · 2020-08-27T09:14:15.607

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const express = require('express');
const path = require('path');
const app = express();

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

app.get('/', (req, res)=>{
  res.render('homepage');
});

app.get('blog', (req, res)=>{
  let post = req.query.post;
  res.render('blog', {post: post});
});
let port = 4444;
app.listen(port, ()=>{
  console.log(`server has started on port: ${port}`);
});

edited Aug 27 '20 at 09:14

answered Aug 25 '20 at 21:20

Nicodemus Ngufuli

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Could you add a few sentences explaining your code and why it answers the OP's question? – quicklikerabbit Aug 26 '20 at 05:22

SyntaxError: Unexpected token ,while compiling ejs

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