express send html code example
Example 1: express sendfile html
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var path = require('path');
// viewed at http://localhost:8080
app.get('/', function(req, res) {
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname + '/index.html'));
});
app.listen(8080);
Example 2: send html file express
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname + '/index.html'));
Example 3: express send html file
app.get('/test', function(req, res) {
res.sendFile('test.html', {root: __dirname })
});
Example 4: express render
// send the rendered view to the client
res.render('index')
// if a callback is specified, the rendered HTML string has to be sent explicitly
res.render('index', function (err, html) {
res.send(html)
})
// pass a local variable to the view
res.render('user', { name: 'Tobi' }, function (err, html) {
// ...
})