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CommonJS Require Error : SyntaxError: Unexpected token <

I want to reqiure my html but I can not do it. My code is so simple : 

module.exports = {
  html: require('./template.html')
};

When I run codes, It gives this error:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token <
    at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:414:25)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:442:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:313:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:366:17)
    require (module.js:385:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (D:\frontend\lokidump\server\views\traders\betofcourse\upcomingEvents\index.js:2:9)
Solution

  • When you use require on a file it is expecting a JavaScript file, not an HTML file. If you want to load the contents of the HTML file into a variable look into fs.readFile