i have a template set for all my view pages which i load using
app.route('/*').get(core.renderIndex);
where and the renderIndex function looks like
exports.renderIndex = function (req, res) {
res.render('modules/core/server/views/index', {
user: req.user || null
});
};
Now when my route has announcement in it i render a different template and not index.server.view.html
app.route('/:shopId/:locationId/announcement/*').get(core.renderAnnouncement);
exports.renderAnnouncement = function (req, res) {
res.render('modules/core/server/views/announcement', {
user: req.user || null,
});
};
The reason why i'am doing this is because i need to change the meta tags over this page i.e. i need to set variables on view before the page renders which comes from another controller.
My question is how can i access variables in a server.view.html file?
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" ng-controller="OfferController" ng-init="getAnnouncement()">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1">
<base href="/">
<title>{{ gettitle }}</title>
like the gettitle which is setting from getAnnouncement method of OfferController.
This works if i set a different announcement.client.view.html file and in the server file extend it
In case someone is stuck and needs help here is how i did this
app.get('/:shopId/:locationId/announcement/*',function(req,res,next){
async.waterfall([
function (done) {
var resultsObj = '';
var httpTransport = 'http://';
if (config.secure && config.secure.ssl === true) {
httpTransport = 'https://';
}
var url = httpTransport + req.headers.host+'/api/offer/getbyid/'+req.params[0];
request.get(url, function (err, res, body) {
resultsObj = JSON.parse(body);
done(err, resultsObj);
});
},
function (resultsObj, done) {
var httpTransport = 'http://';
if (config.secure && config.secure.ssl === true) {
httpTransport = 'https://';
}
var url = httpTransport + req.headers.host+'/api/shops/'+req.params.shopId+'/'+req.params.locationId;
request.get(url, function (err, res, body) {
var resultsObjNew='';
resultsObjNew = JSON.parse(body);
done(err, resultsObjNew,resultsObj);
});
},
function (resultsObjNew,resultsObj, done) {
res.render('modules/core/server/views/announcement', {
title: resultsObj[0].title,
imageUrl : resultsObj[0].imageURL,
desc : resultsObj[0].desc,
link:resultsObj[0].redirectLink,
logoLink: resultsObjNew.logoLink,
backgroundImage:resultsObjNew.backgroundImage
});
}
]);
});
where
var request = require('request');
var async = require('async');
var path = require('path');