Running this Express app locally works. Running it on Heroku gives the pasted error when requesting either / or /nested
Error: Failed to lookup view "index"
at Function.app.render (/app/node_modules/express/lib/application.js:493:17)
at ServerResponse.res.render (/app/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:753:7)
at /app/server.js:21:16
at callbacks (/app/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:161:37)
at param (/app/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:135:11)
at pass (/app/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:142:5)
at Router._dispatch (/app/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:170:5)
at Object.router (/app/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:33:10)
at next (/app/node_modules/express/node_modules/connect/lib/proto.js:199:15)
at store.get.next (/app/node_modules/express/node_modules/connect/lib/middleware/session.js:309:9)
Error: Failed to lookup view "nested/index"
at Function.app.render (/app/node_modules/express/lib/application.js:493:17)
at ServerResponse.res.render (/app/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:753:7)
at /app/server.js:24:16
at callbacks (/app/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:161:37)
at param (/app/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:135:11)
at pass (/app/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:142:5)
at Router._dispatch (/app/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:170:5)
at Object.router (/app/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:33:10)
at next (/app/node_modules/express/node_modules/connect/lib/proto.js:199:15)
at store.get.next (/app/node_modules/express/node_modules/connect/lib/middleware/session.js:309:9)
In my server file:
express = require 'express'
app = express()
app.configure () ->
app.set 'views', __dirname + '/views'
app.set 'view engine', 'jade'
app.use express.logger('dev')
app.use express.bodyParser()
app.use express.methodOverride()
app.use express.cookieParser()
app.use express.session(
secret: 'WTF'
)
app.use app.router
app.use express['static'](process.cwd() + '/public')
app.get '/', (req, res) ->
res.render 'index'
app.get '/nested', (req, res) ->
res.render 'nested/index'
port = process.env.PORT || 3000
app.listen port, () ->
console.log 'Server started on ' + port + '\nPress CTRL-C to stop server.'
Locally, I do not need to specify app.set 'views', __dirname + '/views' for the server to run and find the files - it does not work on Heroku with or without this.
Regarding your edit:
The issue may be case. While the strings specify lower-case paths:
The files are actually capitalized:
Your local system appears to be using a case-insensitive file system while Heroku does not.
To help Express find your views, you can set a 'views' root path:
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
You may also be able to pass an absolute path to res.render():
res.render(__dirname + '/views/admin/login');
Also note that you probably don't need (and may not want) to pass req and res to res.render():
app.get('/admin/login', function (req, res) {
res.render('admin/login');
});
With them, the properties of req will be included as locals in the view and res as the callback will either be ignored or cause an error since it's not a function.