base-engines

Adds support for managing template engines to your base application.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save base-engines

Usage

Register the plugin with your base application:

var Base = require('base');
var engines = require('base-engines');
base.use(engines());

API

.engine

Register a view engine callback fn as ext. Calls .setEngine and .getEngine internally.

Params

• exts {String|Array}: String or array of file extensions.
• fn {Function|Object}: or settings
• settings {Object}: Optionally pass engine options as the last argument.

Example

app.engine('hbs', require('engine-handlebars'));

// using consolidate.js
var engine = require('consolidate');
app.engine('jade', engine.jade);
app.engine('swig', engine.swig);

// get a registered engine
var swig = app.engine('swig');

.setEngine

Register engine ext with the given render fn and/or settings.

Params

• ext {String}: The engine to set.

Example

app.setEngine('hbs', require('engine-handlebars'), {
  delims: ['<%', '%>']
});

.getEngine

Get registered engine ext.

Params

• ext {String}: The engine to get.

Example

app.engine('hbs', require('engine-handlebars'));
var engine = app.getEngine('hbs');

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You might also be interested in these projects:

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Contributing

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Building docs

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Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm install -d && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

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• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.

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