Node-JSRender

!!! UPDATE 5th Feb 2016: Boris Moore (the creator of jsrender) recently released a new official jsrender version (https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsrender) that includes full support for Node.js and Browserify. This node-jsrender wrapper package is therefore no longer needed. Please use the official jsrender package, directly, instead:

npm install jsrender

The official package github repo is available here: https://github.com/BorisMoore/jsrender

This project will no longer be actively maintained.

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An ~~actively maintained~~ wrapper for the jsrender project by @borismoore (https://github.com/BorisMoore/jsrender). Uses latest source from the jsrender project and extends functionality for easy use in Node.js.

Install

PLEASE SEE NOTE ABOVE - THIS LIBRARY IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED AND HAS BEEN REPLACED

npm install node-jsrender

Using With Express

If you use express and wish to use jsRender as your express template engine you can now do so. You can specify the engine to use via:

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var nodeJsRender = require('node-jsrender');

// Register jsRender with express to handle html files
nodeJsRender.express('html', app);

// Set express template engine to jsrender
app.set('view engine', 'html');

Usage Without Express (Manually Rendering)

Loading a Template From a String

// Require the node module
var jsrender = require('node-jsrender');

// Load a template from string
jsrender.loadString('#myTemplate', '{{:data}}');

// Render the template with data
jsrender.render['#myTemplate']({data: 'hello'});

// Output is: "hello"

Loading a Template From a File (Synchronously)

// Require the node module
var jsrender = require('node-jsrender');

// Load a template from ./templates/myTemplate.html
//     Contents of ./templates/myTemplate.html is: "{{:data}}"
jsrender.loadFileSync('#myTemplate', './templates/myTemplate.html');

// Render the template with data
jsrender.render['#myTemplate']({data: 'hello'});

// Output is: "hello"

Loading a Template From a File (Asynchronously)

// Require the node module
var jsrender = require('node-jsrender');

// Load a template from ./templates/myTemplate.html
//     Contents of ./templates/myTemplate.html is: "{{:data}}"
jsrender.loadFile('#myTemplate', './templates/myTemplate.html', function (err, template) {
	if (!err) {
		// Template was loaded
		// Render the template with data
		jsrender.render['#myTemplate']({data: 'hello'});
		
		// Output is: "hello"
	} else {
		throw(err);
	}
});

Nested Templates

In jsrender, you can have templates that reference other templates, nested templates. But to work, you must register the nested templates before rending the parent template.

// Require the node module
var jsrender = require('node-jsrender');

// Load parent template from string
//     {{for items tmpl="#listItem" //}} indicates a nested template
jsrender.loadString('#list', '<ul>Grocery List</ul>{{for items tmpl="#listItem" /}}</ul>');

// Load child template from string
//      Nested templates must be registered with a name matching the parent template before rendering the parent template
jsrender.loadString('#listItem', '<li>{{:name}}</li>');

// Render the parent template with data
jsrender.render['#list']({items: [{name:'Carrots'}, {name: "Banana"}]});

// Output is: "<ul>Grocery List</ul><li>Carrots</li><li>Banana</li></ul>"