How to use including file in jade template of express

May 26, 2012

We defaultly cannot use "require" function of Node.js in jade template of express. If we want to embed an external file in markdown, we cannot.

Then, it's happy to define utility function in app.js, and you can pass it like this.

utils =
  markdown: (path)-> require("markdown-js").parse fs.readFileSync(path).toString()
app.get "/", (req, res)-> res.render 'index', utils

And use it in template.

!= markdown("your-file.md")