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express ejs

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

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

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.render('index', {foo: 'FOO'});
});

app.listen(4000, () => console.log('Example app listening on port 4000!'));

express ejs layout use different layout

app.get('/a', function(req, res) {
res.render('view', { layout: 'LayoutA' });
});
app.get('/b', function(req, res) {
  res.render('view', { layout: 'LayoutB' });
});

express-ejs-layouts install

$ npm install express-ejs-layouts

Using ejs with Express

const express = require("express"),
  app = express();

//setting view engine to ejs
app.set("view engine", "ejs");

//route for index page
app.get("/", function (req, res) {
  res.render("index");
});

//route for magic page
app.get("/magic", function (req, res) {
  res.render("magic");
});

app.listen(8080, function () {
  console.log("Server is running on port 8080 ");
});

ejs express layouts

var express = require('express');
var expressLayouts = require('express-ejs-layouts'); 
var app = express(); app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
app.use(expressLayouts); 
app.get('/', function(req, res) { 
  var locals = {    
    title: 'Page Title',    
    description: 'Page Description',    
    header: 'Page Header'  };
  res.render('the-view', locals);
}); app.listen(3000);