mustachex

mustachex makes using the mustache templating engine in express really simple.

Installation

npm

npm install mustachex

GitHub

npm install https://github.com/martinrue/mustachex/tarball/master

Usage

Register

Register mustachex as a view engine by calling app.engine and passing in mustachex.express:

app.configure(function() {
  app.engine('html', mustachex.express);
  app.set('view engine', 'html');
  app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
});

Render

Calling res.render will then render the named mustache template from the view directory set in express:

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.render('index', { data: 'value' });
});

Partials

By default, mustachex loads all partials from the subdirectory named partials (and every subdirectory below) of the express views directory. This means that partials just work without any extra configuration required:

views/partials/hello.html

<div>Hello {{name}}</div>

views/index.html

{{> hello}}

app.js

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.render('index', { name: 'John' });
});

To load partials from a custom directory, call mustachex.loadPartials and pass the full path to a custom directory:

mustachex.loadPartials(__dirname + '/views/custompartials');

app.configure(function() {
  app.engine('html', mustachex.express);
  app.set('view engine', 'html');
  app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
});

Layout

mustachex supports the concept of a layout template. Pass { layout: true } or { layout: 'customfile' } to res.render to specify that the template should use a layout template:

views/layout.html

<div>{{{body}}}</div>

views/index.html

Some Content

app.js

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.render('index', { layout: true });
});

If you always want mustachex to use a layout file, set the layout option in your express application and you'll no longer need to specify { layout: true } in each res.render call:

app.configure(function() {
  app.engine('html', mustachex.express);
  app.set('view engine', 'html');
  app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
  app.set('layout', true);
});

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  // layout will be used
  res.render('index');
});

Turning layout off on a per-route basis can then be achieved by passing { layout: false } to res.render.