Template not found but there

Question

I have an index.html file that I'm trying to render using dustjs-linkedin but get the error:

500 Error: Template Not Found: C:\Users\Gilbert\WebstormProjects\NodeOfGames\views\index.html

The file index.html is definitely there. I'm using app.engine('html', require('dustjs-linkedin').render); to render .html files with dust.

Answer 1

dust.render looks in dust.cache for the named template, which in your case is named

C:\Users\Gilbert\WebstormProjects\NodeOfGames\views\index.html

dust.render only renders compiled templates - which are automatically put in dust.cache upon load.

I don't think the template is in there. if it is, it probably isn't named with the above name.

what you may want is dust.renderSource instead. even so, you need to pass in a context and a callback - I'm not sure how that works in express.