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# EJS
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Embedded JavaScript templates
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[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/mde/ejs/master.svg?style=flat)](https://travis-ci.org/mde/ejs)
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[![Developing Dependencies](https://img.shields.io/david/dev/mde/ejs.svg?style=flat)](https://david-dm.org/mde/ejs#info=devDependencies)
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## Installation
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```bash
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$ npm install ejs
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```
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## Features
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* Control flow with `<% %>`
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* Escaped output with `<%= %>`
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* Unescaped raw output with `<%- %>`
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* Trim-mode ('newline slurping') with `-%>` ending tag
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* Custom delimiters (e.g., use '<? ?>' instead of '<% %>')
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* Includes
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* Client-side support
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* Static caching of intermediate JavaScript
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* Static caching of templates
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* Complies with the [Express](http://expressjs.com) view system
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## Example
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```html
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<% if (user) { %>
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<h2><%= user.name %></h2>
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<% } %>
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```
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## Usage
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```javascript
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var template = ejs.compile(str, options);
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template(data);
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// => Rendered HTML string
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ejs.render(str, data, options);
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// => Rendered HTML string
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```
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You can also use the shortcut `ejs.render(dataAndOptions);` where you pass
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everything in a single object. In that case, you'll end up with local variables
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for all the passed options.
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## Options
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- `cache` Compiled functions are cached, requires `filename`
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- `filename` Used by `cache` to key caches, and for includes
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- `context` Function execution context
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- `compileDebug` When `false` no debug instrumentation is compiled
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- `client` Returns standalone compiled function
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- `delimiter` Character to use with angle brackets for open/close
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- `debug` Output generated function body
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- `_with` Whether or not to use `with() {}` constructs. If `false` then the locals will be stored in the `locals` object.
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- `rmWhitespace` Remove all safe-to-remove whitespace, including leading
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and trailing whitespace. It also enables a safer version of `-%>` line
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slurping for all scriptlet tags (it does not strip new lines of tags in
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the middle of a line).
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## Tags
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- `<%` 'Scriptlet' tag, for control-flow, no output
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- `<%=` Outputs the value into the template (HTML escaped)
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- `<%-` Outputs the unescaped value into the template
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- `<%#` Comment tag, no execution, no output
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- `<%%` Outputs a literal '<%'
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- `%>` Plain ending tag
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- `-%>` Trim-mode ('newline slurp') tag, trims following newline
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## Includes
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Includes either have to be an absolute path, or, if not, are assumed as
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relative to the template with the `include` call. (This requires the
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`filename` option.) For example if you are including `./views/user/show.ejs`
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from `./views/users.ejs` you would use `<%- include('user/show') %>`.
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You'll likely want to use the raw output tag (`<%-`) with your include to avoid
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double-escaping the HTML output.
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```html
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<ul>
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<% users.forEach(function(user){ %>
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<%- include('user/show', {user: user}) %>
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<% }); %>
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</ul>
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```
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Includes are inserted at runtime, so you can use variables for the path in the
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`include` call (for example `<%- include(somePath) %>`). Variables in your
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top-level data object are available to all your includes, but local variables
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need to be passed down.
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NOTE: Include preprocessor directives (`<% include user/show %>`) are
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still supported.
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## Custom delimiters
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Custom delimiters can be applied on a per-template basis, or globally:
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```javascript
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var ejs = require('ejs'),
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users = ['geddy', 'neil', 'alex'];
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// Just one template
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ejs.render('<?= users.join(" | "); ?>', {users: users}, {delimiter: '?'});
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// => 'geddy | neil | alex'
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// Or globally
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ejs.delimiter = '$';
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ejs.render('<$= users.join(" | "); $>', {users: users});
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// => 'geddy | neil | alex'
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```
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## Caching
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EJS ships with a basic in-process cache for caching the intermediate JavaScript
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functions used to render templates. It's easy to plug in LRU caching using
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Node's `lru-cache` library:
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```javascript
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var ejs = require('ejs')
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, LRU = require('lru-cache');
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ejs.cache = LRU(100); // LRU cache with 100-item limit
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```
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If you want to clear the EJS cache, call `ejs.clearCache`. If you're using the
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LRU cache and need a different limit, simple reset `ejs.cache` to a new instance
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of the LRU.
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## Layouts
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EJS does not specifically support blocks, but layouts can be implemented by
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including headers and footers, like so:
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```html
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<%- include('header') -%>
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<h1>
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Title
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</h1>
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<p>
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My page
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</p>
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<%- include('footer') -%>
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```
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## Client-side support
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Go to the [Latest Release](https://github.com/mde/ejs/releases/latest), download
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`./ejs.js` or `./ejs.min.js`.
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Include one of these on your page, and `ejs.render(str)`.
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## Related projects
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There are a number of implementations of EJS:
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* TJ's implementation, the v1 of this library: https://github.com/tj/ejs
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* Jupiter Consulting's EJS: http://www.embeddedjs.com/
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* EJS Embedded JavaScript Framework on Google Code: https://code.google.com/p/embeddedjavascript/
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* Sam Stephenson's Ruby implementation: https://rubygems.org/gems/ejs
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* Erubis, an ERB implementation which also runs JavaScript: http://www.kuwata-lab.com/erubis/users-guide.04.html#lang-javascript
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## License
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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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(<http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>)
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EJS Embedded JavaScript templates copyright 2112
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mde@fleegix.org.
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