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Viewing parameters passed in res.render() in node.js

I am trying to push data to a view in node and i try to diplay it.

This is the line in routes.js:

res.render('target.ejs', {data:"user"});

And this is the ejs file:

<html>

    <head>
    </head>

    <body>
         <p> <h1>{{ data }}</h1> </p>
    </body>


</html>

The user variable i passed in the res.render() is a string. However, this is what i view when rendering the webpage:

{{ data }}
Solution

  • If you want to display rendered data in ejs file, use this way

    <h1><%= data %></h1>

    This should display the string "user". In your routes.js file, If user is a variable and holds some data you should render it like this 

    res.render('target.ejs', {data: user});