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# Consolidate.js
Template engine consolidation library.
## Installation
$ npm install consolidate
## Supported template engines
- [atpl](https://github.com/soywiz/atpl.js) - [bracket](https://github.com/danlevan/bracket-template) - [doT.js](https://github.com/olado/doT) [(website)](http://olado.github.io/doT/) - [dust (unmaintained)](https://github.com/akdubya/dustjs) [(website)](http://akdubya.github.com/dustjs/) - [dustjs-linkedin (maintained fork of dust)](https://github.com/linkedin/dustjs) [(website)](http://linkedin.github.io/dustjs/) - [eco](https://github.com/sstephenson/eco) - [ect](https://github.com/baryshev/ect) [(website)](http://ectjs.com/) - [ejs](https://github.com/mde/ejs) [(website)](http://ejs.co/) - [haml](https://github.com/visionmedia/haml.js) - [haml-coffee](https://github.com/9elements/haml-coffee) - [hamlet](https://github.com/gregwebs/hamlet.js) - [handlebars](https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/) [(website)](http://handlebarsjs.com/) - [hogan](https://github.com/twitter/hogan.js) [(website)](http://twitter.github.com/hogan.js/) - [htmling](https://github.com/codemix/htmling) - [jade](https://github.com/visionmedia/jade) [(website)](http://jade-lang.com/) - [jazz](https://github.com/shinetech/jazz) - [jqtpl](https://github.com/kof/jqtpl) - [JUST](https://github.com/baryshev/just) - [liquor](https://github.com/chjj/liquor) - [lodash](https://github.com/bestiejs/lodash) [(website)](http://lodash.com/) - [marko](https://github.com/marko-js/marko) [(website)](http://markojs.com) - [mote](https://github.com/satchmorun/mote) [(website)](http://satchmorun.github.io/mote/) - [mustache](https://github.com/janl/mustache.js) - [nunjucks](https://github.com/mozilla/nunjucks) [(website)](https://mozilla.github.io/nunjucks) - [plates](https://github.com/flatiron/plates) - [pug (formerly jade)](https://github.com/pugjs/pug) [(website)](http://jade-lang.com/) - [QEJS](https://github.com/jepso/QEJS) - [ractive](https://github.com/Rich-Harris/Ractive) - [react](https://github.com/facebook/react) - [slm](https://github.com/slm-lang/slm) - [swig (unmaintained)](https://github.com/paularmstrong/swig) - [swig (maintained fork)](https://github.com/node-swig/swig-templates) - [teacup](https://github.com/goodeggs/teacup) - [templayed](http://archan937.github.com/templayed.js/) - [twig](https://github.com/justjohn/twig.js) - [liquid](https://github.com/leizongmin/tinyliquid) [(website)](http://liquidmarkup.org/) - [toffee](https://github.com/malgorithms/toffee) - [underscore](https://github.com/documentcloud/underscore) [(website)](http://underscorejs.org/#template) - [vash](https://github.com/kirbysayshi/vash) - [walrus](https://github.com/jeremyruppel/walrus) [(website)](http://documentup.com/jeremyruppel/walrus/) - [whiskers](https://github.com/gsf/whiskers.js)
__NOTE__: you must still install the engines you wish to use, add them to your package.json dependencies.
## API
All templates supported by this library may be rendered using the signature `(path[, locals], callback)` as shown below, which happens to be the signature that Express 3.x supports so any of these engines may be used within Express.
__NOTE__: All this example code uses cons.swig for the swig template engine. Replace swig with whatever templating you are using. For example, use cons.hogan for hogan.js, cons.jade for jade, etc. `console.log(cons)` for the full list of identifiers.
```jsvar cons = require('consolidate');cons.swig('views/page.html', { user: 'tobi' }, function(err, html){ if (err) throw err; console.log(html);});```
Or without options / local variables:
```jsvar cons = require('consolidate');cons.swig('views/page.html', function(err, html){ if (err) throw err; console.log(html);});```
To dynamically pass the engine, simply use the subscript operator and a variable:
```jsvar cons = require('consolidate') , name = 'swig';
cons[name]('views/page.html', { user: 'tobi' }, function(err, html){ if (err) throw err; console.log(html);});```
### Promises
Additionally, all templates optionally return a promise if no callback function is provided. The promise represents the eventual result of the template function which will either resolve to a string, compiled from the template, or be rejected. Promises expose a `then` method which registers callbacks to receive the promise’s eventual value and a `catch` method which the reason why the promise could not be fulfilled. Promises allow more synchronous-like code structure and solve issues like race conditions.
```jsvar cons = require('consolidate');
cons.swig('views/page.html', { user: 'tobi' }) .then(function (html) { console.log(html); }) .catch(function (err) { throw err; });```
## Caching
To enable caching simply pass `{ cache: true }`. Engines _may_ use this option to cache things reading the file contents, compiled `Function`s etc. Engines which do _not_ support this may simply ignore it. All engines that consolidate.js implements I/O for will cache the file contents, ideal for production environments. When using consolidate directly: `cons.swig('views/page.html', { user: 'tobi', cache:true }, callback);` Using Express 3 or higher: `app.locals.cache = true` or set NODE_ENV to 'production' and Express will do this for you.
## Express 3.x example
```jsvar express = require('express') , cons = require('consolidate') , app = express();
// assign the swig engine to .html filesapp.engine('html', cons.swig);
// set .html as the default extensionapp.set('view engine', 'html');app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
var users = [];users.push({ name: 'tobi' });users.push({ name: 'loki' });users.push({ name: 'jane' });
app.get('/', function(req, res){ res.render('index', { title: 'Consolidate.js' });});
app.get('/users', function(req, res){ res.render('users', { title: 'Users', users: users });});
app.listen(3000);console.log('Express server listening on port 3000');```
## Template Engine Instances
Template engines are exposed via the `cons.requires` object, but they are not instantiated until you've called the `cons[engine].render()` method. You can instantiate them manually beforehand if you want to add filters, globals, mixins, or other engine features.
```jsvar cons = require('consolidate'), nunjucks = require('nunjucks');
// add nunjucks to requires so filters can be// added and the same instance will be used inside the render methodcons.requires.nunjucks = nunjucks.configure();
cons.requires.nunjucks.addFilter('foo', function () { return 'bar';});```
## Notes
* If you're using Nunjucks, please take a look at the `exports.nunjucks.render` function in `lib.consolidate.js`. You can pass your own engine/environment via `options.nunjucksEnv`, or if you want to support Express you can pass `options.settings.views`, or if you have another use case, pass `options.nunjucks` (see the code for more insight).* You can pass **partials** with `options.partials`* For using **template inheritance** with nunjucks, you can pass a loader with `options.loader`.* To use **filters** with tinyliquid, use `options.filters` and specify an array of properties, each of which is a named filter function. A filter function takes a string as a parameter and returns a modified version of it.* To use **custom tags** with tinyliquid, use `options.customTags` to specify an array of tag functions that follow the tinyliquid [custom tag](https://github.com/leizongmin/tinyliquid/wiki/Custom-Tag) definition.* The default directory used with the **include** tag with tinyliquid is the current working directory. To override this, use `options.includeDir`.* `React` To render content into a html base template (eg. `index.html` of your React app), pass the path of the template with `options.base`.
## Running tests
Install dev deps:
$ npm install -d
Run the tests:
$ make test
## License
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2011-2016 TJ Holowaychuk <tj@vision-media.ca>
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaininga copy of this software and associated documentation files (the'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, includingwithout limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and topermit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject tothe following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall beincluded in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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