How to use node modules (like MomentJS) in EJS views?
I found another way of doing this, and I think it has some advantages.
- Don't polute your code exporting filters.
- Access any method without the need to export them all.
- Better ejs usage (no | pipes).
On your controller, or view.js do this:
var moment = require('moment');exports.index = function(req, res) { // send moment to your ejs res.render('index', { moment: moment });}Now you can use moment inside your ejs:
<html> <h1><%= moment().fromNow() %></h1></html>I'm not an Node expert, so if anyone see something bad on doing this, let me know! :)
One more option:
This way you are setting the moment variable to a local available to all scripts in any EJS page on your site.
In your "index.js" (or "app.js") file do this: (after you have set up your 'app' with Express)
var moment = require('moment');var shortDateFormat = "ddd @ h:mmA"; // this is just an example of storing a date format once so you can change it in one place and have it propagateapp.locals.moment = moment; // this makes moment available as a variable in every EJS pageapp.locals.shortDateFormat = shortDateFormat;Then in your EJS file you can refer to moment (and shortDateFormat) as variables like this:
<%= moment(Date()).format(shortDateFormat) %>Perhaps this is slightly more elegant?