Express Pass Variable to Angular Without Templating Engine

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Question: Does this work without e.g. ejs/jade? And where is the difference between a framework like AngularJs and a templating engine?

E.g.

Server.js

var express  = require('express');
var app      = express();

Routes.js

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
    // res.render('index.ejs');
    res.sendfile('index.html', {
        user : "Tom"//req.user
    });
});

Index.html (Here I have no idea how to do this)

<body ng-app="App" id="App" ng-controller="RootCtrl as rootCtrl" ng-mouseleave="rootCtrl.exit()">
    <script> 
      // angular.module('$user', []).constant('$user', <%= user %>)
    </script>
    ....

Tutorials I looked into:

http://www.mircozeiss.com/how-to-pass-javascript-variables-from-a-server-to-angular/ http://www.linkplugapp.com/a/224929

Bazinga · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-14 09:16:01Z

1

Yes this should work, but you need to enable ejs in your express app.

app.set('view engine', 'ejs');

I did the same thing with laravel and blade.

answered Jan 14, 2015 at 9:16

Bazinga

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2 Comments

Andi Giga Over a year ago

Actually I try to avoid using ejs. It seems simple but I have the feeling for every problem I adress in my application I have to use another language or tool. So is there a solution with just plain angular and no ejs. That's the reason why I commented this out.

Bazinga Over a year ago

You cant pass data from the server directly to your html without template engine.

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