Dust.js load template from filesystem in Node.js

Question

I'm trying to load template from file system using node.js and can't find the way. So far I have:

exports.index = function(req, res){
    var compiled = dust.compile("Hello {name}!", "intro");
    dust.loadSource(compiled);
    dust.render("intro", {name: "Fred"}, function(err, out) {
        res.write(out);
        res.close();
    });
};

Is there is a way to replace: "Hello {name}!" with file name? Should it be HTML or JS file? Also if that's not really great way on rendering templates let me know, I'm new to Node.js trying to pick up best practices.

Vince

Are you trying to just use Dust templating rather than say, Jade? If so, this link describes doing it with consolidate.js : spalatnik.com/blog/?p=54 – Glair

Thx, Trevor, that's more like what I'm looking for. – Vince

Answer 1

fs.readFile(dustFile, function (err, file) {
    var name = fileName.split(".")[0]
    var fn = dust.compileFn(file.toString(), name)
    fn({ name: "fred" }, function (err, out) {
        res.end(out)
    })
})

Allyl

it just looks a bit weird, that I have to access file system manually to get template. Was hoping there is a bit more abstraction way of doing it. – Vince

Answer 2

This should help you. dust fs.

This is a simplified interface to use templates from filesystem with {dust} using Node.js.

https://github.com/jheusala/dustfs

Aloes