I'm developing a Node.js web application using Express and EJS as the view engine. My goal is to create a single executable file that I can run on my webserver without needing to copy any additional folders or files.
Here's my setup:
My Express setup looks like this:
path = require('path');
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'view'));
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
// Routes
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.render("myfile");
});
When I copy only the .exe file to my webserver and try to run it, I get the following error:
Error: Failed to lookup view "myfile" in views directory "C:\snapshot\WebApp\build\view"
How can I correctly include the myfile.ejs file in my executable using pkg?
View templates fall under assets (non-JavaScript files) that are not included automatically, and need to be specified in pkg property of package.json.
So, in your package.json, add assets property that has your views directory as a value (in your case name of the views directory is view):
"pkg": {
"assets": "view/**/*"
}
source:
Such cases are not handled by pkg. So you must specify the files - scripts and assets - manually in pkg property of your package.json file.
"pkg": { "scripts": "build/**/*.js", "assets": "views/**/*", "targets": [ "node14-linux-arm64" ], "outputPath": "dist" }