I want to write my own ejs-locals node module, but I also want that sails use mine and I don't want to change the sails packages.json.
How can I load, after sails loaded its ejs-locals module, my own module to override it?
If there is a proper way to do this kind of stuff, I would like to know :) Thanks.
I tried to find the answer on the official documentation there: http://sailsjs.org/#/documentation/concepts/extending-sails
But there is nothing about that.
Edit:
I tried to use the fn attribute in the config/views.js but it doesn't work as expected, I've made an example here: https://github.com/Vadorequest/sails-custom-ejs-locals
Final edit:
It works fine with the solution proposed as accepted answer, just make sure to disable the layout or it will mess up your configuration. layout: false
Try to configure you view engine in config/views.js file.
...
ext : 'ejs',
fn: require('ejs-locals')
...
The rigth config is:
view: {
engine: {
ext: 'ejs',
fn: yourfunction
},
// need to disabe sails.js default partials feature for dont auto load sails ejs-locals
partial: false
}